A few days ago, I have asked a question on this blog. The question was – What would you like to see in the next episodes of SQL in Sixty Seconds. The poll is still active and posted over here: SQL SERVER – Poll – What would you love to see in SQL in Sixty Seconds? The contest was to suggest the next item of SQL in Sixty Seconds and vote for the your choice of subject. There have been plenty of votes to this contest, however, there were only 4 comments to this blog post. Hence, selecting a winner was very simple.
SQL SERVER – Take the Quiz for a chance to win a Quadcopter Drone – Brain Teasers
SQL Puzzle – A Quick Fun with Bit Wise Operator
SQL SERVER – Start Services or Stop Services with PowerShell – Question to Readers?
Recently I received a very interesting question- I have no idea about its answer so I will request your help to answer this question.
Question:
“I am using a Powershell script to shutdown SQL Services. Here is the command I use.
SQL Contest – Win 10 Amazon Gift Cards worth (USD 200) and 10 NuoDB T-Shirts
This month, we have yet not run any contest so we will be running a very interesting contest with the help of good guys at NuoDB. NuoDB has just released version 2.0 and by participating in the contest, you can win NuoDB T-Shirts.
NuoDB’s NewSQL distributed database is designed to be a single database that works across multiple servers, which can scale easily, and scale on demand. That’s one system that gives high connectivity, but no latency, complexity or maintenance issues. MySQL works in some circumstances, but a period of growth isn’t one of them. So as a company moves forward, the MySQL database can’t keep pace. Data storage and data replication errors creep in. Soon the diaspora of the offices becomes a problem. Your telephone system isn’t just distributed, it is literally all over the place. You can read my detailed article about how Why VoIP Service Providers Should Think About NuoDB’s Geo Distribution.
SQL Contests – Solution – Identify the Database Celebrity
Last week we were running contest Identify the Database Celebrity and we had received a fantastic response to the contest.