Phil Factor Confessions of an IT Strategist In the new Simple-Talk spirit of ‘coming out’, I have to confess I used to be a practicing IT strategist.... 16 November 2006 6 min read
Damon Armstrong Mixed Drink Recipe – Bennigan’s Pattio Punch (aka Paddy-O Punch) Simple-Talk is about technology and beer, but we’re going to expand that a bit to include mixed drinks as well. ... 15 November 2006 2 min read
Claire Brooking The road ahead for SQL Compare (with a fine prize on the journey) Jonathan Watts, SQL Compare Product Manager at Red Gate Software, has just let me know that he has released a... 10 November 2006 1 min read
James Moore The four second cutoff There was an article about some research which Akamai has done on user’s experiences of online stores – mainly with... 10 November 2006 1 min read
Claire Brooking Calling all SQL Server database developers… David Atkinson, a product manager at Red Gate Software, is doing some preliminary research around the area of database development... 07 November 2006 1 min read
Tony Davis Simple Talk at SQL PASS I just wanted to provide everyone with a “heads-up” on Simple-Talk’s plans for SQL PASS in Seattle. If you’re at... 06 November 2006 3 min read
Phil Factor The Terror of Technical Tests After all the years I’ve spent working with databases, I am continually shocked by how little I know. The power... 03 November 2006 4 min read
James Moore Enumerating local 64 bit and 32 bit instances of SQL Server When checking for local instances of SQL Server its normally best enumerate the value of the registry key HKLMSoftwareMicrosoftMicrosoft SQL... 02 November 2006 3 min read
Damon Armstrong More DB2 Date Conversion Issues Importing Primary Keys into SQL Server In a previous blog entry (Date Errors Pulling DB2 Data into SQL Server) I recounted some of the issues I... 25 October 2006 1 min read
Phil Factor Lament It was just after I’d written the ‘Yancey Men’ article for Simple Talk that I came across the following verses... 20 October 2006 2 min read
Claire Brooking Here’s your chance to help us develop the next version of SQL Backup… A major development of SQL Backup is scheduled for the coming months and Jamie Gerig is looking for a lucky... 18 October 2006 1 min read
Bart Read Another Body Blow For Freedom Of Speech I need to apologise because we’ve had to disable anonymous comments on my blog due to the fact that for... 18 October 2006 1 min read
Damon Armstrong Almost Properly Set 100% Table Heights Using CSS I like making webpages that expand to fill the entire browser window, but ever since browsers started rendering in full-compliance mode it has... 02 October 2006 1 min read
Dominick Reed Vaporising users Developing a usable application requires that you pay particular attention to who you’re designing for. That statement isn’t exactly rocket... 28 September 2006 3 min read
Tony Davis The Joy of Simple Talk Editorial Meetings Phil Factor’s recent blog on The Joy of IT Meetings contains a lot of good advice, but if you really... 19 September 2006 2 min read
Damon Armstrong How Do You Find a Hit Man? A while back, I was reading the story of Susan Kuhnhausen, a nurse who came home one day to find... 17 September 2006 2 min read
Phil Factor The Acronym Playpen Sometimes, one of the most relevant skills that a developer needs to have, when working in the corporate environment, is... 13 September 2006 5 min read
Damon Armstrong Kwitcherbitchin: Personal Phone Calls at Work I’m amazed at some of the things people have to put up with at work, especially when it comes to... 12 September 2006 2 min read
Phil Factor The Sticking Page-Down-Key Incident Most software projects seem to go on an emotional roller-coaster voyage. Initial euphoria soon fades into confusion, followed by despair.... 01 September 2006 5 min read
Damon Armstrong Expensive Primary Keys (A.K.A Hacking Your Car Key’s SecuriLock) You may have thought this blog entry was about databases, but no. It’s about Ford fleecing me on a set... 30 August 2006 6 min read
