Atheist An atheist was taking a walk through the woods, admiring all that evolution had created. "What majestic trees! What powerful rivers! What...
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: Company Policy: Effective May 31, 2007 Dress Code It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If...
1967 vs 2007 This is only for those whose level of maturity qualifies them to relate to it... 1967: Long hair 2007: Longing for hair 1967: KEG...
ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + Smart woman = romance Smart man + Dumb woman = affair Dumb man + Smart woman = marriage Dumb man + Dumb woman =...
apparently the Dell web site now dispenses advice on how to configure a server system (from Dell) for SQL Server try starting from:...
It is not my intent to politicize this forum and I will say I am not associated with any political party So I ask people to not take offense for...
i thought people might be interested in this of course, I am building my performance monitoring tools some of you know i what think of the current...
If a stored procedure is erratic, see if it recompiles, look into parameter sniffing, others have already talked about it (with good links), I will...
What to do if your SQL Server system is slow 0. per Madhu below if you think this is caused by a big query, and want to kill it, follow the steps in...
i may be spending more time in Medellin anybody in the neigborhood?
Let me start by saying that over the last 2 years, I have provided consulting services to then Imceda and later Quest to improve performance on their...
I will expand the matter of file placement in more detail over time, A brief word first on the separation of data and logs. This advice is...
For several years, with the introduction of the IBM Power4 architecture, followed by the Power 5, IBM ruled the top of the TPC-C, and often by very...
<b>Dell PowerEdge 68x0 withdrawn, 6950 substituted</b><br />I am now withdrawing the Dell PowerEdge 68x0 as one of the recommended systems at 4...
/* ** Copyright Joe Chang, Elemental Inc. 2003 - 2006 ** this is the script i use to get summary info on table size etc ** i recall that i started...
this is a summary of the post by abhi, with contributions from joe chang and bambola the purpose is: starting from a string like...
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