Archives: May 2010
June Question: What is your best advice for boosting index performance?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). And don’t forget to enter your e-mail address when you post your response, so I can contact you if you win.
I’ll… Read more
0 comments, 1,197 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 31 May 2010
Two Blog Series You Don’t Want to Miss
Blogs are a great way to learn new things about SQL Server, and just in case you have missed them, I want to recommend the following two blog series that I feel every DBA should read.
The first blog series is from Glen Berry, and is called the April 2010… Read more
1 comments, 1,372 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 28 May 2010
Are You a Full-Time or Part-Time DBA?
I’m always trying to find out about the DBAs who visit my blog, as it helps me to better understand them, which helps me to better target the blog posts I write. While I use Google Analytics to help me find out more about my audience (such as how often… Read more
0 comments, 1,336 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 28 May 2010
Becoming a Part of the SQL Server Twitter Community
There have been tens of thousands of blog posts and articles written about Twitter, and because of this, I have hesitated writing one myself. I have decided to write a short post because of something I overhead at a recent conference I attended. Here is what I overhead, “I’ll start… Read more
2 comments, 654 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 27 May 2010
IndyTechFest 2010 a Big Hit
Jesse Liberty,a Developer Community Program Manager for Microsoft, starts off IndyTechFest 2010 with the keynote presentation.
On Saturday, May 22, 2010, over 400 SQL Server, .NET, SharePoint, Silverlight, and Windows Phone professionals gathered together and spent a free day of training at IndyTechFest, sharpening their technical and career skills,… Read more
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Posted in SQL Aloha on 27 May 2010
North Texas SQL Server User Group Offers Innovative Educational Series
On Thursday, May 20, 2010, I had the opportunity to speak at the North Texas SQL Server Users Group, which is held on the third Thursday of every month at the Microsoft offices in Irving, TX (near Dallas).
The user group is headed up by Sri Sridharan, with help… Read more
0 comments, 425 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 27 May 2010
Career Advice for the Novice SQL Server DBA
In April, I ran a Question of the Month that asked, “What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along in their career.” As usual, the SQL Server community responded and provided a lot of great advice. Below, I have summarized (in no particular order)… Read more
2 comments, 879 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 13 May 2010
IndyTechFest 2010 Offers Free Training
For the third year in a row, IndyTechFest will offer free training for SQL Server DBAs and Developers, .NET Developers, SharePoint Administrators and Developers, and much more. The event will be held Saturday, May 22, in Indianapolis, IN at the Marriott Indianapolis East Conference Center. The event offers 40 different… Read more
1 comments, 544 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 12 May 2010
New Free eBook: Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server
Simple-Talk Publishing has released a new, free 291 page eBook called Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server, by Alex Kuznetsov. Here is what the book covers, as described from the book’s introduction.
“Resilient T-SQL code is code that is designed to last, and to be safely reused by… Read more
2 comments, 1,677 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 10 May 2010
Winner of the April SQL Aloha Contest
This month’s question had 28 responses, and as usual, I found it difficult to select a winner because all of the responses provided valuable information that all DBAs can learn from. This month’s question was:
What advice would you offer a novice DBA in order to help them along…
0 comments, 451 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 5 May 2010
May Question: What is your favorite DBA joke?
Post your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). Please keep your jokes family friendly, and if you aren’t the author of the joke, and you know who the author is,… Read more
1 comments, 762 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 4 May 2010
Nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Award are Now Open
SQLServerCentral.com, along with Red Gate Software, are glad to announce that nominations for the 2010 Exceptional DBA Awards are now open. Three years ago, the award was established to help bring about more awareness regarding the importance of the DBA role among the IT community. The first ever… Read more
0 comments, 1,447 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 4 May 2010
SQL Server Monitoring Checklist
I have worked with a lot of organizations who just have just a small handful of SQL Server instances. In most of these cases, these SQL Servers contain mission-critical data, but on the other hand, these organizations are not big enough to justify a full-time DBA, so either they subcontract… Read more
2 comments, 1,774 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 3 May 2010
Don’t Forget to Register for the Free 24 Hours of PASS
The free 24 Hours of PASS event will held May 19 & 20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations on many different aspects of SQL Server, with a special emphasis on SQL Server 2008 R2. You need to register to attend, so sign up today so you won’t forget. Read more
4 comments, 377 reads
Posted in SQL Aloha on 3 May 2010