Here’s a quick mystery. You have a SQL Server with several jobs that appear to be running properly and on schedule, but many of them show no history. You look around, and there doesn’t seem to be a nightly job history purge (you’re looking for something with “sp_purge_jobhistory“). So where is the record of these […]
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In which we compare CISPA to Rick Astley
I’m studying up on CISPA for a segment on our webshow. Even though you’ve heard CISPA and SOPA and PIPA and online privacy so many times it’s like an audible, political Rickroll….even so, you should give a great big rat’s ass. Here is the cliff’s notes version of why: The constitution says your stuff can’t be searched […]
Remembering Alan Weber, @Aauugold
We lost someone this week. We lost a fellow SQL-ite, a Twitterer, a DBAs@Midnight chatroom live chatter. We lost someone smart and funny, and I’m not remotely qualified to write his tribute…I only met him once or twice. Last week, we saw Alan enter the chatroom mid-show, and we said our usual “aaaaauuuuGOLD!” He said […]