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The Bottom Line
0I think SQL Server is an amazing product, and I’m always thrilled to see new features that expand the list of things you can do with the platform. It’s not that often that I find the platform lacking, and can usually make it work for me. However there are a few cumbersome processes that have shown the rough edges of SQL Server over the years.
I started really managing SQL Server with v6.x. I had used SQL Server v4.2, but was more of an administrator keeping the server going for third party products. With v6.x at a few companies I deployed, upgraded, and recovered servers on a regular basis. One of the truly rough edges that existed in that version was the need to actually know the sizes of each allocation of disk space for your database. We didn’t have auto-grow back then; you had to manually add space to the database AND keep track of that allocation size for DR purposes. A royal PIA that had me cursing the developers at Microsoft more than once.
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Fooling SQL Server
0I think SQL Server is an amazing product, and I’m always thrilled to see new features that expand the list of things you can do with the platform. It’s not that often that I find the platform lacking, and can usually make it work for me. However there are a few cumbersome processes that have shown the rough edges of SQL Server over the years.
I started really managing SQL Server with v6.x. I had used SQL Server v4.2, but was more of an administrator keeping the server going for third party products. With v6.x at a few companies I deployed, upgraded, and recovered servers on a regular basis. One of the truly rough edges that existed in that version was the need to actually know the sizes of each allocation of disk space for your database. We didn’t have auto-grow back then; you had to manually add space to the database AND keep track of that allocation size for DR purposes. A royal PIA that had me cursing the developers at Microsoft more than once.
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Viper's SmartStart car control app hits Android
1Viper’s SmartStart mobile app comes to its third platform this week. The car starting, door unlocking, and panic button enabling app hits Android’s Market on Thursday and brings the same features found on iPhone and BlackBerry devices.
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