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Using the right terminology.
Feb 10th
I am a regular visitor to SQL Server Forums at SQLServerCentral and see some users posting their question, issues and problems. Some of these questions tends to confuse even the seasoned campaigners and at the same time would not give the complete picture of what is being asked. I saw a user posting a question seeking internals of Transactional Replication and in the next sentence asks about Transactional logs. I was not sure what was the area the user was looking for.
Similarly few days back a user was requesting the suggestion of other users in setting up Database Mirroring and was referring one servers as Publisher (A publisher is the source server / system in a Replication setup), where as when questioned by a fellow user, he was referring the Principal Server as publisher and cleared the doubtful minds.
There is nothing wrong in being a learning IT professional, it is OK to make mistakes but it should not be done repeatedly and due consideration needs to be taken with the technical terminology.
– Bru Medishetty
Download SQL Server Sample Databases
Jan 24th
When working with SQL Server most of the times the example queries that are provided in articles are based on the sample databases available in SQL Server 2005 / 2008.
If you have missed installing the Sample Databases when installing SQL Server, all you need to do is download the sample databases that are available at Microsoft Codeplex Website. There are databases available for SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008.
You can additionally look at the one of my articles to Install a sample Database in SQL Server 2005
– Bru Medishetty
Work for a cause
Dec 26th
This one is not related to SQL Server, in fact it is not related to any technology. This is about being responsible, to the society we live in and people we share this world with.
I laugh at people when they forward a chain email about an issue or a burning topic. Let me explain why I laugh at them; Instead of doing something towards solving the issue / problem in the email, these people forward email to friends making that issue a time pass issue, and at the same time feeling as if they are contributing to the solution of that problem.
One such email I received last fortnight was with pictures with different people suffering/ fighting with poverty or hardships with suitable captions as such as these, “Do you think you have too much burden to carry?” look at this—the pic has a cart with a huge pile and the person pulling it alone. “Do you always think of branded shoes?” look at this guy — the pic has a person who has no shoes and walking in dirt. “Do you worry you don’t have a great home?” look– the pic has people sleeping on the roadside pavements, the email was with such a list of 10-15 things. The funniest part was the person who sent it to me and the Tag line of the email. “Be content with what you are blessed and be kind in helping others”. This guy, from what I know of him, has never worried to help anyone in need nor donated anything towards charities. It’s not this guy in particular there are many whom you know as well.
Don’t we know that there is poverty and people are suffering from scarcity of food, water and many basic things? We do know it but do not pay attention in solving them. I feel pity for those and try my part in helping them by doing a little bit of charity works. as a part of that, I did donate blood last week and it is the 8th time I am doing so and 2nd time in the last 10 weeks. I am planning to donate as regularly as I can in the near future. My only suggestion to my fellow readers, work for a cause and help as little as possible in your capacity.
Next time when someone sends such a mail, do not forward it just for fun think for a while and when you have done your part in addressing the problem in the mail, include that and forward it thus motivating your friends and family to take that message serious enough rather than one of those read, enjoy and forward it emails.
–Bru Medishetty
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