September 2007 - Posts

• Database backup: insufficient resources for cache withdrawal

  Posted Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:40 PM | 1 Comments
  
  

  Sometimes SQL Server can pose conundrums of such complexity that even the Riddler couldn't conceive of. In my mind's eye, a SQL Server is in fact its' own operating system, running on another operating system. For instance, SQL Server has a task Read More by Brian Donahue | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• How to rewind a SQL Server

  Posted Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:11 AM | 1 Comments
  
  

  I work for a company that sells software. And SOME people, because of their untrusing nature, need to be convinced that the software that we want to sell them actually works. This process, in some large, bureaucratic institutions, involves salesmen and Read More by Brian Donahue | 1 Comments | Comment on this post

• Support's line in the sand

  Posted Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  Some months ago, I took my car in for a safety inspection, and the garage found a small hole on the inside of the wheel-well. In order for the car to pass inspection, they said, that would need to be welded shut. Great, I said, can we do that now? No, Read More by Brian Donahue | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Learning to play the symbols

  Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 8:25 PM | 0 Comments
  
  

  If you are ever tasked to figure out what's happening inside an application, one of the essential bits of information is the Program Database (.PDB) file. The PDB contains symbols, that is to say that it contains a list of methods, properties, and variables Read More by Brian Donahue | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Thanks for nothing!

  Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:13 AM | 2 Comments
  
  

  When Fibonacci introduced the number zero to Europe, it must have blown their minds. People in the Fertile Crescent had been using zeros, probably for centuries, but for the people of this continent the concept of a symbol that meant 'nothing' was Read More by Brian Donahue | 2 Comments | Comment on this post