Never, that’s when. Don’t want to believe me? Well then, who would you believe? How about the SQL Craftsman, a man with more MVP-ness than myself. What’s that? Not good enough for you? Well, then, let me introduce you to Paul Randal. He had some thoughts on the subject. http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlserverstorageengine/archive/2007/03/28/turn-auto-shrink-off.aspx http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/post/Auto-shrink-e28093-turn-it-OFF!.aspx So why is this … Read more
I seemed to have struck a minor chord with my hatred for database triggers. I had very few comments, but a handful of emails and exchanged even more tweets on the subject. But one thing was made clear to me and that is people wanted to hear about why I disdain NULL values. Fortunately for me … Read more
I know what you are thinking, how could I, someone who is not attending the MVP Summit, possibly recap the events without being there? From the twitter stream, of course. Turns out that geeks love gadgets. What’s more, they love to talk (tweet) about their gadgets, or the gadgets they are looking at right now. … Read more
I hate database triggers. Whew. It feels good to get that out in the open. I have been holding that in for almost ten years. It got harder to admit after I became a DBA, and as time went by it started to feel as if I was trapped in a story by Edgar Allen … Read more
Apparently, someone is concerned with Google searches: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10140142-54.html Now, why are they focusing on Google? I mean, how many hits a day does Amazon.com get? Why pick on Google? What about MSN.com? (I would ask about Live Search but chances are not enough people bother using that for it to matter as far as power … Read more
A while back I started to realize something. Well, besides the fact that I have never had sex at the end of an interview, or have ever actually eaten whale bacon, I realized that I see Super Villains almost daily. I spent some time trying to classify a few of my more well-known enemies and perhaps as … Read more
