The Hollywood DBA
I’m delighted to welcome a fellow Brit to the blog to share their story in today’s guest post. Many of you will...
2012-07-18
1,007 reads
John Sansom
Lunch is for Wimps
A real life DBA tale from the trenches with some awesome advice. That’s what one reader chose to share with...
2012-07-03
1,271 reads
Guest Post – DBAvolution
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...
2012-06-27
2,012 reads
Get Your Ass to PASS!
This year there are to be no excuses, and I mean it.
You know what I’m talking about. There’s always some...
2012-06-20
831 reads
Guest Post – The Last Starfighter
Today I am delighted to be able to share with you a guest post from one of my all time...
2012-06-13
1,214 reads
What’s it Like to Be a DBA?
Absolutely fantastic of course!
You regular readers know that the Becoming a DBA area of the blog is one of the...
2012-06-10
815 reads
Stop Asking and Start Making Decisions Today
You’re desperately trying to get things done but it’s just not happening for you. I’m going to let you in on a little secret, you’re doing it wrong!
2012-05-16
3,447 reads
Where Have all the DBAs and DB DEVs Gone?
Last week the SQL community and in particular the blogosphere, was buzzing with interest noise following the Microsoft Learning site...
2012-04-17
889 reads
How To Live Blog an Event
As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you...
2012-04-11
1,064 reads
SQL Server Instant File Initialization (PQW)
In this article we’re going to look at instant file initialization. What it is, why it’s cool and how you can use it in your environments.
2012-04-02
5,224 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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