Your Lack of Documentation is Costing You More Than You Think
You’ve got a mountain of work to get done and not enough time to do it in. There’s simply just not...
2011-02-01
1,516 reads
John Sansom
The Art of the Outstanding DBA
Being average is dull. Are we consistently producing quality that we can be proud of, each and every time? So...
2011-01-25
576 reads
Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-19
2,790 reads
Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-18
1,907 reads
T-SQL Tuesday 14: Techie Resolutions for You not Me
Is it just me or has the community done the whole “What are my goals for this year” thing to...
2011-01-11
657 reads
The Best Database Administrators Automate Everything
Do you understand the value of your time? I mean really understand it. Time is your absolute number one most valuable asset. Once...
2011-01-04
1,429 reads
TSQL Tuesday 13: Managing Unrealistic Expectations
It’s that time of the month again, no not that one, it’s T-SQL Tuesday time and this weeks topic is...
2010-12-14
674 reads
Life Without a Net – My comment
Did you catch the brilliant and thought provoking editorial post Life Without a Net by Rodney Landrum on SQL Server...
2010-11-02
425 reads
The Perfect SQL Server DBA / Developer Role
Whilst enjoying my coffee fix this morning, along with today’s SQL Server Central Email, my attention was caught by Steve...
2010-09-09
358 reads
10 Character Traits of Outstanding DBA’s
What are the character traits of outstanding SQL Server Database Administrators (DBA) ?
You know what I’m talking about. There are...
2010-08-24
979 reads
Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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