Handling Inconvenient Requests
Brad gives a little guidance on how you might want to respond to inconvenient requests with an eye on doing yourself a favor.
2018-08-02 (first published: 2009-12-07)
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Brad gives a little guidance on how you might want to respond to inconvenient requests with an eye on doing yourself a favor.
2018-08-02 (first published: 2009-12-07)
370 reads
These days we are all looking for ways to save money and even to help the
environment. If you came across this site you are most...
2018-04-24
17 reads
The issue of copyright for online scripts is a grey area. If a script is published without any form of copyright notice, most people assume that it is freely available for reuse. It's not necessarily the case.
2016-11-25 (first published: 2009-04-20)
635 reads
Brad's Sure Guide to Maintenance Plans shows you how to use the Maintenance Plan Wizard and Designer to configure and schedule eleven core database maintenance tasks, ranging from integrity checks, to database backups, to index reorganizations and rebuilds.
2013-08-26
9,153 reads
Brad McGehee provides a "career guide" for DBAs. It is intended both to help prospective DBAs find a "way in" to the profession, and to advise existing DBAs on how they can excel at their jobs, and so become Exceptional DBAs.
2013-08-26
12,630 reads
SQL Server 2008 has hundreds of new features and improvements for Production DBAs, Developer DBAs, and Business Intelligence specialists…in this book I focus on what I thought were the ten most important new features for Production DBAs.
2013-04-11
14,313 reads
SQL Server Profiler can troubleshoot a wide range of SQL Server issues, such as poorly-performing queries, locking and blocking, excessive table/index scanning, and a lot more. Brad's book will allow you to master the use of this versatile tool.
2013-03-15
19,887 reads
We exposed the SQLServerCentral cluster for monitoring with SQL Monitor. Just like other companies, we have constraints on resources, and we have more work that needs to be done. Help us configure SQLServerCentral’s database servers with your suggestions on what is the highest priority for a website database back end.
2012-12-25 (first published: 2011-03-07)
22,856 reads
The Southwest Missouri SQL Server Users Group (SWMOSSUG) is dedicated to providing SQL Server Education and Career Guidance for IT...
2012-08-29
1,794 reads
I have been told by hundreds of DBAs that I have the best DBA job in the world as Director...
2012-08-15
1,101 reads
By Steve Jones
I think we might have forgotten this a bit, but on one of the...
By Brian Kelley
I refresh my test SQL Servers at least monthly with a fresh VM. Setting...
By Chris Yates
Embracing Total Responsibility In every organization there comes a moment when teams must choose...
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