That's exactly the idea. When I was still learning to be a DBA I hated reading a chapter in a book just to find out how to do a basic task like attaching a database. Instead of this, we hope to launch a video a week starting basic for beginner DBAs, then working outward. We also will be doing SQL Server 2005 ones where everyone is a beginner! We have a list of 20 topics to go but anything posted here gets priority in my book.

Sorry for the lengthy ad (20 sec with a 1:45 min video). It's the only way to pay for the expensive product to do this and the 4-10MB downloads that these cause on our server's T1. Also, while these seem simple in nature, each one takes hours to produce and get right . Please keep the comments comming! It will help us shape these but please keep in mind the purpose initially is for beginners who just need the answer quickly. What I'm hearing so far is the ad is too much. We'll keep them to 20-25 secs.

Brian