Saw this review today and wanted to share it with everyone here:
http://www.mikefal.net/2012/01/03/dba-survivor-learning-how-to-rock-out-with-databases/
I’m touched that Mike would take the time to write such a wonderful (and unsolicited) review of “that little book” I wrote almost two years ago now. I’d like for you to read his entire review, but I am going to share his last [...]
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Do You Make These 5 Database Design Mistakes?
Look, everyone makes mistakes. It’s true. But not all of us have the chance to make mistakes that end up costing millions of dollars in hardware and production support costs.
Any one of the following five mistakes listed below will add additional costs to your company. It’s guaranteed. The costs could be hardware related (extra disk space, [...]
SQL 2012 Special Ops Tour – Part 2
I’m starting to think these folks had a little too much fun putting these clips together.
7 Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make When Upgrading to SQL 2012
It’s new, it’s shiny, and it smells like frozen yogurt.
No, it’s not the blender you got for Christmas. It’s SQL 2012 (formerly known as codename ‘Denali’). And it’s here. And you want to use it, you know you do.
As much as you would like to believe that migrating to SQL 2012 is as easy as [...]
Help Your SQL Family Give Even More
Late last week, while I was traveling to the Confio world headquarters, I received a direct message on Twitter that simply pointed me to this link that I want you to go and read right now:
Done? Good.
Here comes the important part: action. I want you to do three things:
Write a #SQLFamily story. It doesn’t have [...]
Oracle. Oppressive. Costs.
It seems that everywhere I turn these days I am either reading or hearing about how the new SQL2012 licensing changes are the worst thing since Windows Vista, and possibly since Microsoft Bob.
Well I am here to tell you that things could always be worse. How so? Check out this blog post regarding Oracle and [...]