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Why do DBAs fear and loathe Excel?

Posted by Russell on November - 7 - 2009

I was in an inflammatory mood at the beginning of the week and tweeted the following at #sqlpass: DBAs don’t like it, but Excel IS the database for many. This hasn’t and won’t change. Manage to this reality. The lion’s share of people (DBAs, I guess) who responded…Well, let’s say they didn’t agree.  I don’t know, maybe I’m nuts or something but the users I work with generally take the [ Read More ]

OMG! SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP2 hits the streets!

Posted by Russell on August - 11 - 2009

I’m giggling like a little girl because today (well, last night) CTP2 (also known as the “August CTP”) hits the streets. I jumped out to MSDN and TechNet and see subscribers will be able to download it today – I’m actually looking at the

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