Posts Tagged ‘database’

How’s this for scale ..

Here’s an interesting perspective I picked upon today. You see, one of the reasons I moved from Malta to the Isle of Man was because the company I was working made software for banks. It meant that I got to play with databases a magnitude larger than what I was...

Problems restoring a large MySQL database?

photo credit: onkel_wart I had a bit of a problem today trying to get an 8Mb backup uploaded into MySQL. The problem was caused by the fact that phpMyAdmin was timing out when I tried to import the database. I tried breaking it down into smaller sections but a couple...

QuickBase – Free 30 day trial

There’s a growing movement on the Web, one characterised by applications moving to an online delivery mechanism. And today I came across an online database that can be used at the heart of a number of online business applications. It’s a database produced by Intuit called Quickbase and the company’s...

10 ways to lose your DBA job

Here’s a good post from SQL Server Central talking about some essential skills and reminders that SQL Server DBAs should keep in mind. They range from the basic (keeps servers patched, don’t use blank password) to the essential (Loading, Tuning, Optimising) and is a valid read for anyone using SQL...

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