by Garland MacNeill | Mar 7, 2018 |
I had previously blogged about working on a SQL job that deleted data older than 13 months. Today I thought I would follow up with the database and check to see how much space was available in the database. So I ran a disk usage report out of SSMS and got the... by Garland MacNeill | Sep 9, 2017 |
I’m going to start off this post with an apology, I am sorry for the rant that is to come. I don’t like posting rants on this blog site, I usually do that on my personal blog. So why break protocol and post it here? Well, because this rant is directed at... 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...
