Chris93147 (11/9/2012)
Don't get me wrong, I love RedGate and the tools they bring to the table are awesome. However, the Chicago SQL in the City felt like a day long commercial for their products. I work for a smaller software company that has a front end to SQL Server and also plays the accidental DBA for numerous clients and I need real world advise not just "go and buy such and such a product."Because of our size we don't have the budget for large bundles of software and the licenses to go with them. I came away with some interesting ideas and am all the better for it, but would like to see some good topic discussions and not just product placement.
Chris
I'd love to hear more, as would many of us here are Red Gate. I'm not sure I think it was a day long commercial, and we worked hard to have products a part of the event, but not the focus. If you found any mention of a product "commercial", then we agree to disagree. I think commercial is not giving any information on how to accomplish x without product y. I think we did that to a large extent. Please let us know which sessions you think didn't provide information on how to do something better in your job.