by Garland MacNeill | Aug 9, 2017 |
I’ll admit, that for a while now, I have been longing for a change in my day from a job perspective. No, I don’t dislike being a DBA and yes I would love to do more development stuff, but that’s not completely the point. In the past I have done... by Garland MacNeill | Jul 26, 2017 |
Having been in the IT industry for a while, I’ve learned a few things. One of those so called things is, Microsoft and Linux are different worlds. I mean, every other computer operating system is POSIX based but Windows. In fact, back in the Ballmer days (circa... by Garland MacNeill | May 31, 2017 |
This post maybe a little “ranty”. It seems in the past few months, I seem to have encountered a number of instances where changes to the database were made without a Change Request. Which has sparked a few conversations with developers over why there is a... by Garland MacNeill | Apr 19, 2017 |
WOW. That’s all I have to say after watching Microsoft’s 4/19 Data AMP Presentation. SQL 2017 is the official name of SQL vNext, otherwise known as SQL on Linux. We knew about SQL on Linux last year, so this isn’t some new revelation. That is, until... by Garland MacNeill | Feb 7, 2017 |
It’s amazing how time seems to fly, especially between blog posts. I’ve known I needed to post a blog for awhile, I’ve even thought of a few different topics. Alas, the execution has not been very good on my part. One of those things I hope to do a... by Garland MacNeill | Jul 12, 2016 |
SSMS 2016 By now we all know that with SQL2016, SSMS was broken out and granted a life of its own. Meaning, that now it’ll get updated on a semi regular basis. Unlike the days of old where the only time SSMS might get updated is when a new version of SQL was...
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