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Application logging – yes it is important
I’ve spent most of my professional career working on Enterprise Applications (mostly web based). Sometimes you release your code and everything goes smoothly (this is where praise is warranted by rarely given). However, there are times when code has been in place for many days, weeks, months without any issues and all of a sudden – all hell breaks loose and it stops (this is where harsh comments are never wanted but always received).
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Hiring more developers doesn’t always speed things up.
Who’s heard of the term : “Too many cooks in the kitchen”? It’s a fundamental problem if ruling.
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Find All Databases with…?
I work with a lot of databases. Currently, we have over 500 databases on our one SQL box. Whenever I have to go in and modify a a specific XML section, I need a quick way to find any DataBase that has that specific XML text. I came up with a quick Script that goes through every database, searches for the table I want to see if it contains my XML text.