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5 Sep 2013

Another Brain Teaser – Coins puzzle – probability

Flip the coin… I always loved those coin tricks and wondered how it happened. While making the coin magically disappear is definitely a mind trick (will talk about that too) but the coin flipping is mathematical. Here
2 Sep 2013

Jargons used at work place that need to go away…..what do you think

Jargons commonly used at workplace that seem to provide no value and may be repetitive and frustrating for others…. What do you think? Low hanging fruit Touch base No Brainer Think outside the box End of day
1 Sep 2013

Puzzle: Run for your life…

Mr. Joy enjoys some risk and likes to explore the nearby area. In the beautiful surrounding there is a train track that goes through a mysterious tunnel. One fine morning Mr. Joy decided to take a walk
29 Aug 2013

Search Database for Keywords or across all tables

/* Visit my blog http://exuberantindia.com/ */ CREATE PROC dbo.KeywordSearchDB ( @SearchStr nvarchar(100) ) AS BEGIN CREATE TABLE #Results (ColumnName nvarchar(370), ColumnValue nvarchar(3630)) SET NOCOUNT ON DECLARE @TableName nvarchar(256), @ColumnName nvarchar(128), @SearchStr2 nvarchar(110) SET  @TableName = ” SET
18 May 2013

Challenges with Cloud Migration

One of the biggest challenge in cloud adoption is moving the existing application to the cloud. I had the opportunity to do that with one of the existing applications. One of the most important aspect is to
15 May 2013

Our Pitaji

Pitaji over 90 years young Aaj bathe bathe achanak Pita Ji ki yad aa gayi. Ankhen num ho gaien aur kisi tereh apne aap ko sambhala aur socha ki kuch unke bare mein likh kar apne bachon
13 May 2013

HYPOCRISY CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION – A CAGED PARROT AND INTELLIGENCE BUREAU – A ‘CHICKEN’

Only last week, while examining the affidavit filed by the Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on  probe in coal scam, the Hon’ble Supreme court remarked: “CBI has become a caged parrot speaking in master’s voice,” and
11 May 2013

DIVINE MOMENTS

reyanvideo When I came to know that my daughter was expecting a third time, I was not very much excited. The time passed by and the little angel arrived last October. I, along with my wife spent
10 May 2013

AMAZING BUT TRUE

A man with 39 wives, 94 children and 33 grandchildren live under one roof. Mr Ziona lives in a four storied building with 100 rooms in the State of Mizoram. And you know who all live in
9 May 2013

SQL Server – Use T-SQL to delete files older than X days

Sometimes there is a need to delete backup files via tSQL. Here is a script that can do the trick. — -d represents number of days, – 2 represents file older than 2 days set the parameter