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How should you layout code?

Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:02 AM | 21 Comments

It is strange to see the heat generated over arguments about how code should be formatted. With Visual Studio, of course, it isn't much of an issue, as it is done for you, but the closer you get to the 'live free and die' communities of the LAMP platforms, Read More

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SQL Server Diagnostics

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 11:38 AM | 7 Comments

SQL Server diagnostics are a mess. To monitor the well-being of a server, you need to be able to inspect all logged errors, have a whole raft of performance information, WMI data, and be able to study the history of backups and scheduled jobs. You have Read More

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