SQLSaturday #122, Louisville

Date: July 21, 2012
Session: So I started this blog…now what?
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe you’ve...

SQLSaturday #164, Cleveland

Date: August 18, 2012

Session 1
Title: So I started this blog…now what?
Abstract:
Ever thought about trying your hand at blogging? Or maybe...

SQL Audit 101 – Creating a basic audit

SQL Audit was introduced in SQL 2008, and for the first time auditing was treated as a “first-class” object in...

SQL Server Auditing – Getting started

In my organization, one of my jobs is auditing our database environment.  I’ve been tasked with this responsibility for several...

Goals – The end of one year, start of another

Just about a year ago, I talked about the importance of setting goals for yourself, both personally and professionally, making...

Slacking Off: The Right Side of the Brain

I think it’s only fitting to follow up a post about performance reviews and self-evaluations with a post about slacking...

Performance reviews – Self-evaluations

My annual performance review at work is coming up shortly, and this year they’ve decided to do things a bit...

PAGE_VERIFY – Checksum vs. Torn Page Detection

All this talk of testing backups and data integrity and checksums has me thinking that maybe now would be a...

SQLSaturday #164 Cleveland – Tick tock, people!

If you haven’t already heard, Cleveland is hosting SQLSaturday #164 on August 18.  That date is coming up fast and...

Testing backups – Is RESTORE DATABASE…VERIFYONLY good enough?

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of discussion these days about testing backups and...