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The random ramblings and rantings of frazzled SQL Server DBA
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Late Thursday night, ok it was actually very early Friday morning, I wrote a blog post that stirred a bit of a controversy in the community. While the outcome of the discussion that was sparked by that post in the community has been good, it is Read More...
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Yesterday, Thomas LaRock’s blog post, WMI Code Creator , was brought to my attention by a member of the SQL Community. I subscribe to Tom’s blog in my blog reader so eventually I’d like to think that his post would have come to my attention, but to be Read More...
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If you don’t know me, or you haven’t followed me for long, you might not know that I am a huge fan of documentation. I started out in my as a Application and Business Analyst and all I did was document problems, their scope, impact, and resolution. Read More...
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SQL Server users love the new features inside of the platform and each new release brings more exciting enhancements that motivate end users towards upgrading from previous editions. However, one of the biggest gripes I see from the SQL Server Community Read More...
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Brent Ozar ( Blog | Twitter ) and Tim Ford ( Blog | Twitter ) are putting on a new type of event in the month of August after SQL Saturday #40 in South Florida July, 31st , properly named SQLCruise . The concept is great, at least in my opinion, you pay Read More...
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Every so often, a question shows up on the forums in the form of, “How do I prevent anyone from accessing my database schema, including local administrators and sysadmins in SQL Server?” I usually laugh a little shake my head when I read a question Read More...
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This is somewhat of a continuation post to my previous blog post, “Some thoughts on Interviweing…” . Now that you survived the interview process, what do you do? This is a common area of discomfort for people interviewing for any kind of job, not just Read More...
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Last Thursday, March 25, 2010, the topic of Virtualization of SQL Server came up in the SSWUG Newsletter , with Steven Wynkoop asking if peoples perceptions and experiences have changed since the last time he covered virtualizing SQL Server. I unfortunately Read More...
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At the beginning of the year I changed jobs, leaving a very stable position where I had the opportunity to learn under an amazing mentor (who happened to be a Oracle DBA and not a SQL DBA), to take on a job that I felt was much more challenging and had Read More...
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I don't know what the deal is lately online, but it sure seems like a lot of people are doing what they want to call reposting information, but in my mind I don't care how you sugar coat it, they are essentially plagiarizing information that was written Read More...
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Ok, so the title of this thread is very tongue in cheek, or in layman's terms a bunch of crap. However, it is the most common answer I seem to get from application vendors these days when dealing with performance issues, despite the fact that I Read More...
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How to Interview for a DBA Position and how to find a job as a SQL Server DBA have been hot topics in the community in the past year. I've seen a lot of good information given out in blog posts and online editorials about how to make oneself more Read More...
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Thomas LaRock recently posted a blog post Luck, Preparation, and Opportunity on his blog that really rang true with my own personal experiences in life. I recommend reading his original post because it is really good, but one quote from his post Read More...
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I like reading technical whitepapers, and not just related to SQL Server, but anything IT that expands my knowledge and/or view of something I generally find interesting. I was reviewing my blog reader today and noticed the following blog post on the Read More...
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While running through some of my personal emails tonight, I happened across two different questions regarding some statements I have made on forums post in the past, as well as in one of my articles on SQL Server Central : Even with "proper design" Read More...
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