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Hurricane Rita
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-09-21 02:17 PM.
Making emergency preparations.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-09-19 08:26 PM.
The second in a continuing series of bad database standards attacks the misguided notion of putting too many columns in the SELECT-list of your SQL statements.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-09-14 09:39 PM.
With this blog entry I start a new series discussing bad database standards. Almost every DBA group keeps a database standards manual - but most do not keep it up-to-date. I'll try to tackle some of the more popular standards that should be done away with.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-09-06 10:16 AM.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is a good time to briefly review the basics of database disaster recovery.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-09-02 02:46 PM.
Are we poised for a resurgence of interest and attention being given to metadata and its management?
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-08-26 03:17 PM.
For those of you who work primarily with DB2 on the mainframe, here are some very useful new sources of information on the web.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-08-16 03:46 PM.
In an earlier post I listed what I believe to be the classic computer books that belong on every IT professional's bookshelf. This list focused on non-database books, but I promised that I would list my favorite data-related books in a future blog entry. So, in today’s blog I will recommend some of my favorite database books.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-08-11 06:40 PM.
Open source database systems continue to gain in popularity, and in commercial companies looking to profit from them.
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-08-09 05:38 PM.
In this blog entry I attempt to answer some questions about certification: Namely:
- what is certification?
- why is it so popular?
- and is certification worth it for DBAs?
Submitted by cmullins.
on 2005-08-06 06:50 PM.
In this blog entry I take the time to rant about some of what is ailing the "discipline" of database administration.
