I look forward to every Sunset Race (second Thursday of every month). This month promised to be special as well. I was meeting a good friend from college, Scott Richter. We hadn’t seen each other since his wedding, and before that, years. Scott was early as I always remember him. More than anything, I remembered … Continue reading “January Sunset Paddle – 1/9/2013”
I’m a huge car fan, so I made a trip to the St. Louis Auto show this year. I had planned on going alone this year, but I ended up having the company of Brian and Kelly. We started looking at the expensive cars. Somehow I ended up getting photos of the cars and models… … Continue reading “St. Louis Auto Show – 1/26/2013”
About this post: This post is designed to help you understand how to use the EXISTS keyword in your SQL query environment. All of the examples will be based on a fictional three table database for posting messages to an Internet message board. The examples will be generic so that they can apply to any … Continue reading “SQL Exists Syntax”
Mississippi river at 34.34 feet at St. Louis Arch.
Jake called and said that we were invited to go bowling with them. This was the perfect excuse to get out of the house and the doldrums of winter darkness. Off to the bowling alley we went. Learning from a previous experience bowling with Kelly and Jeff, we asked for something special. Bowling alleys have … Continue reading “Bowling – -1/6/2013”
I started my professional career working with Microsoft’s SQL Server. I spent twelve years off and on learning how to design a database and write stored procedures in T-SQL. Then this last October, I switched jobs and was exposed to a new database platform, Oracle. Since this switch, I have used every curse word I … Continue reading “Oracle Sequence Promotes Poorly Maintainable Code”
For all of the amazing blogs and websites that are out there, hundreds exist that are just average. Most of us are not experts, like Eric Lippert, who can write with authority on a single topic for years and have interesting and new things to say. Instead, there are blogs like mine. I write about … Continue reading “Blog Engine .NET Tag Cloud Optimization”
December was a good month. I got to spend time with Nathan, who is getting big! And the kids are learning to roller skate. We have taken them a few times to some open skates and they sure get a big kick out of it! Album
I’ve been talking about wanting to paddle while it was snowing for about two years now. Today, I got my first taste. I was snowing good and my boss let me out of work early for new years eve and snow. I called my paddling buddy, Jo Newbold and she was up for a snow … Continue reading “Winter Paddle – 12/31/2012”
My father in law was awarded a Knights of Columbus award for family achievement. We went to watch him receive the award and celebrate with him. Album