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September 26, 2005

Bad Standards: #3--Table Limits for Online Joins

With this entry we go back to our continuing series on "bad" database standards.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 8:12 PM

September 24, 2005

Hurricane Rita: All is Well

A short recap of the past few days.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 2:22 PM

September 21, 2005

Hurricane Rita

Making emergency preparations.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 2:17 PM

September 19, 2005

Bad Standards: #2--Too Many Columns!

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.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 8:26 PM

September 14, 2005

Bad Standards: #1--Limits on Indexing

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.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 9:39 PM

September 6, 2005

Database Disaster Recovery

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, it is a good time to briefly review the basics of database disaster recovery.

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 10:16 AM

September 2, 2005

A Resurgence Of Metadata Management

Are we poised for a resurgence of interest and attention being given to metadata and its management?

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Posted by Craig Mullins at 2:46 PM