Race Condition when Creating Unique Values
During my tuning sessions, there is a race condition I run across so often that I think it is worth blogging about it. It concerns the handling of a common requirement: How do I check if the value I...
View Articleis SQL Server Losing Mindshare?
As many of you have noticed, I have been flirting a lot with open source database lately. I am no longer spending much time going to SQL Server conferences. About two years ago, I decided that it is...
View ArticleUpdate: Has SQL Server already lost Mind Share?
In the comments on my previous post, Erdju made the suggestion that I add StackOverflow to my analysis – suggesting that the more SQL Server questions might be found there, changing the result of the...
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