February 2008 - Posts

• Logarithms and slide rules

  As the parent of teenagers, I find myself needing examples to explain concepts such as logarithms. Visual aids help, and a slide rule was the perfect tool for showing that multiplication of two numbers can be accomplished by adding the logarithms of the Read More... Posted Monday, February 18, 2008 4:50 PM by John Paul Cook | 0 Comments

• From the SQL Server 2008 Jumpstart - Generating Spatial Data

  Here's a great link from today's SQL Server 2008 Jumpstart event: http://mikeo.co.uk/demo/sqlspatial/default.aspx This web page uses Virtual Earth to help you generate spatial queries. It should help you get started with spatial data. Share this post: Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 05, 2008 2:29 PM by John Paul Cook | 1 Comments

• DBA Toolkit on a USB Stick

  Wouldn't it be great to have all of your DBA tools on a USB stick and have them just work without installing anything or copying any files? Is is at least partially possible! You know the problem: You visit a client and you aren't allowed to install anything Read More... Posted Sunday, February 03, 2008 10:47 AM by John Paul Cook | 3 Comments