SQL how unloved it must feel sometimes, constantly being maligned, accused of being on the wrong side of the object-relational impedance mismatch, lacking the glamour of OO programming languages that… more →
Gobán Saortonyminhduy wrote 3 months ago: If the website you host on your web server is not working as fast as you expect it to, your web serv … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 6 months ago: SQL how unloved it must feel sometimes, constantly being maligned, accused of being on the wrong sid … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 8 months ago: The announcement that Win2003 is now an an option on EC2, is very significant, that and EC2’s … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 9 months ago: Last week Oracle certified Amazon EC2 as a supported platform, that same week Larry Elison attacked … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 9 months ago: Amazon today announced that later this year, Windows Server woud be available on EC2. No details on … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 9 months ago: In a previous post I had wished for Oracle to clarify its position as regards the use of their dat … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 11 months ago: This morning I got very excited. While quickly scanning the headlines of the 1000+ unread feeds tha … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 11 months ago: Amazon’s S3 service has been down since 9.00am PDT but I only noticed an hour ago (2.30pm PDT) … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: The various Amazon EC2 AMIs that I’ve built over the last few years are getting a bit long in … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just uploaded a new banner image based on a photo of Ballinafagh Lake at dusk with my new … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia … not yet, but Bill Hodak from Oracle has just opened a thread over on th … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: Image via Wikipedia Although my data-smithing tool box is full to the brim with powerful tools such … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: Not sure, but this morning I received my monthly AWS bill, and it was double its usual amount! When … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: … and that’s good. That’s how I like my databases, boring, reliable, consistent, … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been using Amazon’s S3 service from within Excel for sometime now and as there are … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: Dublin buses, as is the norm with most road-based public transport systems in our increasingly car-c … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: What if you’re a major player in the IT world and suddenly the internet’s equivalent of … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: I’m a database man. I’ve worked on or about most variations on the theme, from roll-you … more →
Tom Gleeson wrote 1 year ago: Let there be no doubt about it, Amazon’s S3 online storage system is wonderful; it’s sec … more →