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• April Fools Day
• blunders
• Memory

• the real story behind the new TinyGUID data type

  A popular new data type that almost didn't make it in SQL Server 2008 will be available in CPT7. The new TinyGUID data type is similar to the full UniqueIdentifier data type except that, as the name implies, it's only 3 characters long – 29 characters Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:01 AM by Paul Nielsen | 4 Comments Filed under: fun, April Fools Day

• must be almost April 1st - I'm on YouTube!

  I just finished shooting my Smart Database Design video with Digital Media MVP Chuck Boyce in NYC, and we shot a short fun commercial in Times Square. I know - keep my day job . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc9tQOBWM2Y Share this post: email it! | bookmark Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 2:00 PM by Paul Nielsen | 1 Comments Filed under: fun

• What if Politicians sold SQL Server?

  My fellow countramen, I stand on a platform of change – change tracking, change data capture, and all events audited. I stand on a platform that’s scalable - with filtered indexes, reducing the taxing burden of IO with data compression and better utilization Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:39 PM by Paul Nielsen | 4 Comments Filed under: fun

• SQL Cartoon

  Did you see this SQL Cartoon ? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Friday, January 04, 2008 5:12 PM by Paul Nielsen | 2 Comments Filed under: fun

• OT: Cool Tech Links

  Here are three links I recently found that Rock! Three, no Four, Programmer Virtues . StufBak tags for your Tech Gear. Johnny Chung's Amazing head-tracking 3D interface using Wiimote. Watch the third demo. Imagine navigating queries, data, and cubes and Read More... Posted Monday, December 24, 2007 10:32 AM by Paul Nielsen | 0 Comments Filed under: fun

• World of Warcraft / SQL Server

  The World of SQL Server is a bit like Blizzard’s MMORPG, World of Warcarft. If you haven’t played World of Warcraft, it’s a complete virtual alternate world. In both worlds… · you can specialize (e.g. warrior) or be a generalist (e.g. druid) · you can Read More... Posted Saturday, December 22, 2007 12:24 PM by Paul Nielsen | 1 Comments Filed under: fun

• A funny thing happened on the way to the database

  A funny thing happened the other day. I was running 64-bit Dev edition on my 4Gb Vista 64-bit notebook. SQL Server was set to 1Gb RAM and I was running 10 scripts each continually inserting a new randomly generated person into a table. The goal was to Read More... Posted Friday, December 14, 2007 11:20 AM by Paul Nielsen | 4 Comments Filed under: Memory, blunders, fun