Guest Columnist: Tony Davis

If impeccable technical skills are a "given", what are the soft shills that will make you an Exceptional DBA rather than a competent DBA?  Read more...

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There are many SQL Server DBAs with an intimate knowledge of how SQL Server works, the operating system, hardware and so on. They have the skills to keep a production system running without a hitch. It is no longer enough.   Read more...

SQL Server isn’t used much for web-based applications, simply because the cheapest ISPs use Linux and Apache for their platform. There are ISPs that provide a .NET platform and SQL Server but it is at a cost. SSDS seems to be Microsoft’s latest attempt to break into the market for database-driven websites.  Read more...

A joint editorial this week from the Red Gate team looking back at the news of the week.  Read more...

Anyone who inherits a database application dreads poorly laid-out SQL code. Development teams loathe it. Putting it right would be easier, if there was a common, agreed, standard in place, so why the difficulty?   Read more...

Subverting compliance by bankers, and SQL server 2008 Slips  Read more...

The purchase of MySQL by Sun is an interesting move by Sun, which has pondered it's own database product.  Read more...

Tony Davis offers his congratulations on a new MVP at SQLServerCentral.com and DatabaseWeekly.com.   Read more...