Thomas LaRockThe other day I needed to describe the funny sound my car was making to my mechanic. If anyone is reading this there is probably a good chance that you have tried to do something similar at some point in your life. maybe not your car, but at some point you have had the need … Read more
I recently had the pleasure of traveling to New York City to visit our office location there. I try to visit our offices frequently during the year, but for various reasons had not been to New York in quite some time. Now, I know that New Yorkers have a reputation for not being the nicest … Read more
So, there I am, thinking about how great it would be to…well, you can already see my first mistake, right? I’ll have to check my list of duties and responsibilities here, but I am certain that there is no line item that says “think”. Unless you count that last one that says “other duties as … Read more
So there I was, taking out my favorite CD’s and burning them to cassette tapes, when my Blackberry started to flash that familiar red glow. “I have a message!” I thought to myself, and quickly picked up my device. “Who could it be? Is it Commissioner Gordon? Who needs my help?” And there it was, … Read more
I received an email from a colleague the other day. He was having some issues with a job running in SQL Agent. Essentially, the code inside one of the steps would raise an error, and the step would immediately end. Now, we all know that there are limited options for any job step (Quit Reporting … Read more
So there I am, sitting in my cube, slaving away in front of my screen, trying to figure out which team to take in this week’s NFL Survivor pool, when the phone rings and interrupts me from my task. “CrazyDBA speaking.” “There’s something wrong with the database server” “Okay, which one?” “I don’t know.” “You … Read more
