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5 Things SQL Server Should DROP
When I picture Paul Randal, I picture a guy who likes to run up to a bees nest at a crowded picnic and give it a good couple whacks. You know what I mean, it’s that laughing picture in his twitter profile. Or maybe it’s the devil’s advocate style he has. Maybe it’s his controversial [...]
Check Out These Tools – SQL University
Some neat (and free) tools to help you out with SQL Server. This is my second contribution to the SQL University “Tools of The Trade” week series.
In part one we had a quick chat about why to look at using various tools to help you out working with SQL Server. In this post, we’ll talk [...]
Get You Some Tools – SQL University Spring 2010
I don’t know about you, but I’m too busy to do it all. I use tools to help me do my job as a DBA. Let’s talk about some of the tools or types of tools that might help you do your job.
This is Week 4 of the Spring 2010 semester of SQL University – [...]
What Service Pack Are Your Client Tools At?
So you have a plan to apply service packs to your SQL instances. You test them out and try to keep a regular schedule to ensure they are up to date. That is great.
What About SQL Server Management Studio?
What about the copy of SSMS that a developer is using to create scripts? This is spring [...]
T-SQL Tuesday #005 – Reporting For Duty
Aaron Nelson is hosting this week’s T-SQL Tuesday. His topic, like mine from last week, has a lot of ways I could go. He basically said to talk about something that has to do with reporting. I decided to take the hodgepodge approach and talk about a couple things.
Disclaimer – I am not syndicating this [...]
SQL Saturday #33 – Charlotte – A Recap
I am sitting in the terminal at Charlotte’s airport waiting for my flight back, it’s a bit delayed so I have time to reflect on a great SQL Saturday. This was my second SQLSaturday and it was a fantastic event. Boston was also great, as I blogged about but I was here a bit longer [...]
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