Semi-regular web-link clearance – March 2010
DaleFive Pervasive Myths About Older Software Developers I recently celebrated my 40th birthday. A friend joked to me, “Hey, guess that means you’re too old to program anymore!” I laughed…
eTrust AntiVirus, and directories / processes you should exclude from scanning.
Computer Associates used to recommend excluding particular processes and directories from eTrust anti-virus scanning. This, I found, was very important with Microsoft SQL Server, as it would cause a significant…
Learning T-SQL – Revisited
In my current job, I get to write data extracts. eg. extract data from an SQL database, using Microsoft Access as the front-end. Not my preferred tool, but it's what…
Should I compress my SQL Database when backing up? – Maybe …
SQL Server 2008 Backup Compression - by Varun Dhawan, over at MSDN blogs. It’s a useful option for saving space with backing up to disk, but I would disagree with the…