Kevin Kline : Database Design

Timewarp: What Is a Relational Database?

KKline — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:23:00 GMT

These days, relational database management systems (RDBMSs) like Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle are the primary engines of information systems everywhere, particularly for enterprise computing systems and web applications. Though RDBMSs are now common enough to trip over, it wasn’t always that way. ...(read more)

NOSQL- A Quick Overview

KKline — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:55:00 GMT

Several attendees at the SQLRally were asking about NoSQL ("Not Only SQL") and its benefits. This article gives a quick overview: HERE . Also, two good resources have come out from my friend Guy Harrison. This piece on Cassandra , one of the most popular...(read more)

How Do You SKU?

KKline — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:49:00 GMT

I’d like your opinion here. Follow my logic here for a moment as I walk through a couple rhetorical questions. Have you ever had a friend developed an application entirely on SQL Server Developer Edition? (Not that YOU would ever do such a thing, but...(read more)

Adventures in the Land of CloudDB/NoSQL/NoAcid

KKline — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:44:00 GMT

Cloud, Bunny, or CloudBunny? Last year, some of my friends from Quest Software attended Hadoop World in New York. In 2009, I never would've guessed that Quest would be there with products, community initiatives, as a major sponsor and with presenters?...(read more)

My Last "Catch-Up" Post for 2010 Content

KKline — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:57:00 GMT

I did a lot of writing in 2010. Unfortunately, I didn't do a good job of keeping all of that writing equally distributed throughout all of the channels where I'm active. So here are a few more posts from my blog, put on-line during the months of November...(read more)

See You in St Louis, and then London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and York, UK

KKline — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:55:00 GMT

Good grief, there's a lot of travel in my future. <sigh ... deep breath> It'll be exhausting and it'll be hard to lose so much time with the family. But if I'm able to avoid travel mishaps, it'll be fun. Meet Me In St. Louis I'll be speaking in...(read more)

It's the Atlanta Attendance Contest!

KKline — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:02:00 GMT

I'm speaking tonight on Top 10 Mistakes DBAs Make at the Atlanta SQL Server User Group meeting in Alpharetta, GA. You can find all of the details here . The Best Dang Design Book for SQL Server Professionals - EVER! I thought I'd liven things up a bit...(read more)

In-Memory Databases (IMDBs)

KKline — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:10:00 GMT

Even those of us who were never good at math can tell that the CPU is outpacing the other system components. Two recent developments are helping to change that equation: SSDs and IMDBs....(read more)

SQL Saturday is Coming to Nashville! Won't You?

KKline — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:42:00 GMT

How 'Bout a Little Context? Let me be direct with you. I love SQL Saturday . If it were a woman , I'd marry it. (Avoiding all extraneous thoughts of what my real wife would say, etc etc). Check out this fun Flickr Feed from the recent SQL Saturday in...(read more)

Join Me May 19th for 24 Hours of PASS

KKline — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:16:00 GMT

Check out all the great SQL Server sessions you can attend for FREE in this on-line event....(read more)

Bitemporal Data

KKline — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:12:00 GMT

Any IT pro with more than a year or two of experience will have faced the challenges of version control for an application, but what if you have to implement version control for data? The most common way to tackle this problem is implementing something...(read more)