What a DBA Does
I resisted the urge to take part in the meme for a while, but recently I had a handful of folks convince me to just put something together, so here you go.
SQL MVP
Why Is My Server Running Slow?
It’s Sunday evening. You are sitting down to have dinner with your family. Suddenly your phone rings. You want to ignore it because, let’s face it, your phone rings a lot. But you see the person calling and knowing they don’t call very often you decide to answer. On the other end of the line … Read more
5 Critical Trends For The Data Professional of the Future
It is more important than ever before to be constantly learning and adapting. Gone are the days when you could show up at work and fulfill the same role for twenty years.
Microsoft Launches SQL 2012 – It Ain’t Nothing But A House Party
What if you threw a house party and nobody came? You’d feel pretty sad, I’m sure. OK, what if you threw a house party for 20 people except those 20 people told all their friends about the party and 45 people showed up causing your neighbors to call the cops and shut the party down … Read more
SQL Server Migration Assistant: Getting Started
Years ago I was involved in migrating some databases from Sybase ASE to Microsoft SQL Server. The process was a manual one. We had to BCP out the data from ASE into flat files, we had to parse the stored procedures for what would be obvious syntax errors in Microsoft SQL Server, we had to track … Read more
Top 3 Things You Should Learn In SQL 2012
I know three areas of SQL 2012 that have bright future, and learning these three will serve you well for years to come. I am at the MVP Summit this week and I am soaking up as much information about these three items as I possibly can. 2012 is a release year. That means it … Read more
