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...
2012-07-10
671 reads
Colleen M. Morrow
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...
2012-07-10
705 reads
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...
2012-07-09
2,390 reads
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...
2012-07-03
1,862 reads
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...
2012-06-25
1,030 reads
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...
2012-06-15
1,019 reads
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...
2012-06-11
3,073 reads
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...
2012-06-07
10,810 reads
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...
2012-06-06
643 reads
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...
2012-06-04
1,520 reads
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