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I still have one of their t-shirts.

How big is your database, and how long does it take to restart? We have what I would describe as a fairly small influx database, and it takes a long time to restart (20-30 mins). A…

You could look at it like this: the goal is to reduce the total number of sick says in the pool, however you do it. A pooled allowance might encourage people more to stay away from…

1. Why indent the joins? Are table2 and table3 less important than table1? Is table1 special? Is that why it enjoys privileged status in the from-clause? 2. Why place some predicat…

Re uppercase: can't afford a syntax-highlighting editor?

What's so amazing about it, when compared to the other SQL DBMS's? (e.g. postgresql, oracle, sybase, db2, etc) Especially as it's just a re-badged Sybase...

I think the nested intervals model, a refinement of nested sets, solves this slow update problem: http://www.rampant-books.com/art_vadim_nested_sets_sql_trees... But I've never had…

How does this compare to Mr Social? : http://mobisocial.stanford.edu/papers/mrprivacy.pdf