Merrill Aldrich : Dukes of Hazzard

Trigger Authoring Decision Tree

merrillaldrich — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:46:09 GMT

Dear SQL Tools Team(s): Stop Starting Over. Seriously.

merrillaldrich — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:52:20 GMT

I have two little boys at home, and my parents were both teachers. It gives me a strange relationship with our public schools – I am passionate about them, and the quality of education I want for my kids, but I have to keep my distance a little, lest...(read more)

Chasing the ISV, or, “That code makes my teeth hurt.” T-SQL Tuesday (ish) #21

merrillaldrich — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday – a blog party dreamed up by sqlblog.com’s Adam Machanic ( blog | @ AdamMachanic ) – is about that code we’ve all written that we don’t really like to think about too often. You know the stuff. I can’t help but imagine the next...(read more)

Scandalous II: Shh! I am De-duplicating Compressed Backups

merrillaldrich — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:01:50 GMT

This is part II of two Scandalous posts . Watch, mouth agape, as I run with scissors, right up against prevailing wisdom! Unfollow me now, before it’s too late! Here’s the thing. There are two really outstanding posts out there on the ‘tubez that explain...(read more)

Scandalous I: Virtualization is a Workaround

merrillaldrich — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 23:34:13 GMT

Awwlright, both of you, my dear readers. I should not be writing this post, but I have to get it off my chest. This is part I of two Scandalous posts. Unfollow me now, before it’s too late. I have been around so many people lately who are loving, fawning...(read more)

Sudoku Solver

merrillaldrich — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:16:00 GMT

Today I am putting up something silly, just for fun. I set myself the task a while back to write a Sudoku solver in T-SQL, but with two dumb constraints that I would never follow given a real problem: I didn’t look at any documented techniques for solving...(read more)

Made It

merrillaldrich — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:26:00 GMT

Mercy, I think I made it. Today was the post-con for the PASS Summit, and I was in a great session hosted by Louis Davidson and Paul Nielsen. I say "hosted" because it was really more a guided, interactive discussion than a lecture, which is great for...(read more)