One of my favourite things about the SQL community is the exquisite diversity of talent of it’s members. Today for the “What’s it Like To Be a DBA” post series, we’re privileged to have with us a gentleman that not only flexes his technical muscles regularly on his blog but… Read more

This year there are to be no excuses, and I mean it.

You know what I’m talking about. There’s always some reason why you can’t go to the PASS Summit, why you can’t make it this time around. Maybe the timing is just not quite right, you can’t get the… Read more

Today I am delighted to be able to share with you a guest post from one of my all time favourite bloggers in the SQL community. Their high quality, unique and creative content regularly making the cut for a place in the SFTW post roundup. I’ve been an avid reader… Read more

Absolutely fantastic of course!

You regular readers know that the Becoming a DBA area of the blog is one of the most visited and talked about, with the professional development posts often proving popular. All the comments, questions and emails you guys send tells me that there’s a lot of… Read more

Last week the SQL community and in particular the blogosphere, was buzzing with interest noise following the Microsoft Learning site publishing details of significant changes to SQL Server Certifications.

Here We Go Again

You know the drill. It’s the usual dance we go through every 5 years or so, where… Read more

As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you my experience of Live Blogging the keynote of Europe’s largest SQL Server conference.

To be honest this was not something that I had planned to do but when I received… Read more

Welcome to the show! I’ll be liveblogging today’s keynote here at SQLBits X in London.

There’s no need to refresh your browser folks, we’re technology savy here at SQLBrit don’t you know and using a LAMP stack  Send your Tweets to @SQLBrit and keep an eye on the #SQLBits hash… Read more

To mark my 31st Birthday today(gifts are of course most welcome) here’s a SQL Server Crossword for you to enjoy. You can also find the previous crosswords here(#3), here(#2) and here(#1).

Same as before, the answers are all SQL Server words that you will be familiar with… Read more

Last week the internet went crazy with the news of super cool new stuff for techies to play with.

If you’re having trouble viewing this post click here to see it in all it’s intended glory. I’m currently experimenting with some snazzy blog authoring widgets that may not port nicely… Read more

Most people in your organisation, never mind everyone else, have no real clue as to what it is you do.

It’s not because you don’t actually do anything, at least I hope not, it’s because the domain of responsibility for a DBA is both vast and varied. Ask any two… Read more

It’s that time of the month again, no not that one, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time and this weeks topic is hosted by Wayne Sheffield (blog|twitter).

If you don’t know what T-SQL Tuesday is, you’re either new to the SQL community or have had your head buried… Read more

Writing a CV that rocks is not an art. It just requires some planning and an understanding of what you want your CV to achieve for you.

Of course therein also lies the problem because of lot folks are not exactly sure what they want their CV to do for… Read more

Knowing precisely how to start on your next adventure is tricky. With so many options and decisions in front of you, identifying what is the best way to move forward for you is vital.

This post is part three of the series Your Road to Becoming a DBA, where…

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It’s late, really late and you’ve got a mountain of work to get through to meet the deadline. To add to it, you also have numerous other urgent items and they’re all high priority of course. You feel panicked because you cannot possibly get it all done, you know that… Read more

Knowing precisely how to start on your next adventure is tricky. With so many options and decisions in front of you, identifying what is the best way to move forward for you is vital.

This post is part two of the series Your Road to Becoming a DBA, where…

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Knowing precisely how to start on your next adventure is tricky. With so many options and decisions in front of you, identifying what is the best way to move forward for you is vital.

Last week I received an email from a reader who was looking for some advice on… Read more

Many of you have first hand experience of our phenomenal sql community (affectionately labelled the #sqlfamily).

Your first encounter with it may have been quite subtle. Perhaps you were surprised by the generosity and willingness with which help can be found? Maybe it was that first SQL Saturday you attended?… Read more

The first week following on from the Christmas break is a very hectic one for us Data Professionals.

Your customers are keen to get straight back to business immediately and get the year off to the best possible start, meaning your skills and services will be in high demand. To… Read more

That’s easy, because Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) challenged me to……

Finding time to keep up with awesome blog content can be tough. Let me make it easy for you! Join over 500 SQL Server Professionals who already enjoy my roundup of the very best SQL blog content…

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Volume 1 was packed full of knowledge and a very welcome edition to my bookshelf! With the bar already set high, how then would SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2 fair?

Finding time to keep up with awesome blog content can be tough. Let me make it easy for…

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