Free Online SQL Server Training for the Week of November 3, 2013

I'm trying to re-establish this running guide to free online training for the following week. If you're a training provider...

Review: SQL Server Transaction Log Management

Book Details:
SQL Server Transaction Log Management 
Davis, Tony and Shaw, Gail 
Simple Talk Publishing, October 2012.
Free PDF download

Do I Recommend This Book?
Yes,...

Architecture Reasons for Putting BLOBs in the Database

I was participating in a Twitter Chat looking at what suggestions and recommendations for developer on how to make the...

Speaking Twice on Oct 1, 2013

Carolina Technology Conference:
To start things off, I'll be speaking in the morning at the Carolina Technology Conference. I have a...

Installing SQL Server 2008 on a machine with .NET Framework 4.0? Read this.

The SQL Server Premier Field Engineer blog has a post about an issue with installing SQL Server 2008 on a...

PASS BoD: I'm voting for Allen Kinsel

There are some very good names up for this year's PASS Board of Directors. However, I wanted to write a...

Don't Rush When It Comes to Privacy Data

The Dataloss list sent the following article through yesterday afternoon:
 
Obamacare Employee Accidentally Sends Out 2,400 Social Security Numbers
 
This is concerning,...

Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea

I've heard the argument, "I've got nothing to hide. If it helps them catch the next guy, I'm all for...

Good Advice on "Certification"

Buck Woody (blog | twitter) is often seen as one of the wise men of the SQL Server community and with...

Database DoS Whitepaper from Securosis

Securosis has released a whitepaper on their research with regards to database denial-of-service attacks. This whitepaper is platform agnostic. It...