I noticed that Brent Ozar wrote a post on how to get a Junior DBA job. His post reminded me about some earlier posts I had done regarding how to do a job search as well as the interview itself. And as great as his post was, I think it was missing one particular detail [...]
Updated Rankings
The rankings have been updated. Enjoy.
I added two new groups because I realized it made little sense to have only the system databases listed. I mean, who has an instance without any user databases, except for a report server I guess. So, I added groups for humor and professional services. You can read all about [...]
The SQL Doctor Is In
Denis Gobo dropped me an email the other day to mention that I should have included a book (Pro SQL Server 2008 Relational Database Design and Implementation) by Louis Davidson et al., in my Technical Library. No question this is a must read for anyone interested in database design and since Denis also offered a book [...]
Have You Heard About the Swine Flu Pandemic?
I am at home today. Why? Because my son has a cough. It started on Sunday and progressed on Monday, and it sounded like the croup. Now, I am not a doctor, so we called our pediatrician who recommended that we keep an eye on him to make sure his breathing did not become too [...]
BI is Still Missing Some Intelligence
I recently had the honor of attending a 2-day training session presented by Peter Myers of SolidQ. Peter is a top-notch presenter and I was impressed by how well he knew his stuff. He easily moved among definitions and terms that are quite foreign to me, such as dimensions, attributes, facts, measures, etc. More impressive [...]
Anyone Got the Time?
Had another little note scribbled down from Peter Myers talks this week. He started asking about why he always refers to a date dimension as something different than a time dimension, and noted that some people feel comfortable interchanging the two as if they meant the same thing.
Apparently, to someone like Peter, there is a [...]