brandie tarvin

It’s easy to get confused about schema in SQL Server, especially when veteran DBAs use the term in seemingly contradictory circumstances. As of SQL Server 2005, schema has gained multiple...

Da Prompt: This one is deliberately designed to be difficult. I look forward to hearing whether or not you managed to complete it. Write a scene of every day life...

I miss Ted Kord. Ted Kord, if you don’t know, was the second Blue Beetle in DC Comics. Best friends with wanna-be superstar Booster Gold, Ted was a cool character...

I’ve been a bad girl. Too much work, not enough posting on my blog. For those who are following these posts, I’ve been involved in a lot of stuff lately....

So I’m sitting at the Amtrak station, waiting to head up to Baltimore for the Baltimore Book Festival. In my mitts are a bunch of Latchkeys Series bookmarks and 100...

My apologies for not getting to this sooner. I’ve been getting ready for the Baltimore Book Festival this weekend. I will post my schedule later tonight or tomorrow morning. In...

In preparation for Urania’s special call, What Honor Requires, I thought share a few things about my personal preferences that might help authors figure out how to approach their stories....

Here’s this week’s writing prompt. Da Prompt: Congratulations! Your boss (current or past) is really an alien. Write 500 to 5000 words describing how you found out his/her true identity...

So I’m posting because… well, rumor has it that one should post to one’s blog if one wants to get traffic, right? So this is me posting. A couple of...

Unless you’re new to database administration / development, you’ve probably heard of SQL Injection. A devious-minded meanie with T-SQL skills deliberately types a bit of code into someone’s website or...