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5 Things SQL Server Should DROP

by Mike Walsh on 11. May, 2010 in Best Practices, DBA, Pet Peeve, Syndicate

When I picture Paul Randal, I picture a guy who likes to run up to a bees nest at a crowded picnic and give it a good couple whacks. You know what I mean, it’s that laughing picture in his twitter profile. Or maybe it’s the devil’s advocate style he has. Maybe it’s his controversial [...]

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Bill Clinton Wasn’t Impeached For…

by Mike Walsh on 29. Mar, 2010 in Best Practices, Pet Peeve, Professional Development, Syndicate

Yes, he was impeached, by the house and acquitted by the Senate. Not the point of my post today, forget the politics. He wasn’t impeached for all of that business with Monica Lewinski. Was it unethical? Yes. Was it immoral? Well to me it is. Was that activity an impeachable offense? No. Why was he [...]

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You Could Be Suffering Right Now

by Mike Walsh on 01. Sep, 2009 in Best Practices, Performance, Syndicate

Implicit Conversions In SQL Server – A Silent Perf Killer
I recently had the opportunity to work with a developer at the day job. He was using a loop (for what he was doing it actually makes sense ) and he had a query that ran great when he stripped the query out of [...]

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Documentation

by Mike Walsh on 18. Jun, 2009 in Best Practices, DBA, Life Lessons, Pet Peeve, Syndicate

Documentation
(…Or how I learned to stop procrastinating and love tolerate a chore necessary task)
Do you document? Do you document well?
As I told Paul Randal (twitter, blog) today on twitter, this blog post was inspired by an observation in the shower and a recent question by Brent Ozar (twitter, blog). You didn’t need to know that [...]

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