The site got hacked and I’ve taken my sweet time and getting things back up. Hopefully, after a little bit of cleanup things will be back to normal. Sorry for the downtime.
SQL Server Sprawl Includes a link to 2 free chapters from SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action. Also has a link to another option of scanning your network for SQL Servers using SQL Ping. SSMS Projects and Solutions Buck Woody talks about some options for using the Project features in SSMS. Auditing your Database Server [...]
From the site: 24 Hours of PASS is a series of live one-hour webcasts broadcast over a 24-hour period that focus on a host of SQL Server topics. The 24 one-hour presentations will begin at 00:00 GMT (UTC) on September 2, 2009 Be sure to take into account the whole GMT issue. Since I’m on [...]
Props to Brent Ozar for sending me this link for a comparison of Database tools. If nothing else it’s a good reference.
I’m really going to have to check into this one. Aaron Alton has a neat idea that might help you retain all that SQL Syntax while you’re studying. All I have is a treadmill so that should be interesting.
In the past few months, we’ve gradually been implementing a new SAN solution from Dell that uses iSCSI. We are kind of learning as we go and there are always bumps in the road. I’d noticed we had some I/O issues on our main production SQL Server but nothing seemed to add up and I [...]
My first article has hit the interweb @ sqlservercentral.com. I hope it can help some folks.
Once I passed the 70-431 I think it gave me the positive reinforcement that I was able to do this and I just need to keep at it no matter how difficult things got. Here I am, not a SQL DBA by title, but getting thrust into the position due to circumstances and desire to [...]
I hope to give you a little background on myself in the first few posts as well as catch you up to speed on where I am today and how I got here. While this may not seem technical a sense, I believe that’s important for those who are embarking on the journey from the [...]
It has been quite a long journey to come around to getting this blog up and going. I remember talking to Brad McGehee months ago about the community and ways that I could learn from the best and slowly become one of the best. I hope to have an interview from him at some point [...]