Archive for November 2008

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T-SQL Race Conditions (and how to avoid them)

I’ve been writing T-SQL stored procedures for many years now, and I never fully understood how the concurrency of multiple users truly affects the asynchronous operation of certain types of paradigms until now. Take the following T-SQL: SELECT @ID = ID FROM tblTable WHERE nvhSomeText = ‘match’ IF @ID IS NULL INSERT INTO tblTable (nvhSomeText, [...]

Boots Nail Polish Remover Pads Melt Keys

Today I was planning to write a really long post about how I’m ‘oh so grateful’ that Obama has won the presidency election, and that many years ago I was assured by a friend that there would never be a black American president within my lifetime. Instead, I wish to tell you about Boots Conditioning [...]

Flowbots – Handlebars video

Check out the video for Handlebars by the Flobots. Great video for a great song. Enjoy!