Alpha Version of SQLPing3 Command Line Available

Noted SQL Server security expert, Chip Andrews, has released an alpha version of a command-line version of SQLPing3. You can...

My Book is Out!

How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005

I recently had the opportunity to contribute a couple of chapters to this...

Midlands PASS October Meeting

Taya Blanchard to speak on A
Practical Guide to Making Sense of Your SQL Server Application
Performance
Midlands PASS Chapter - October...

Vacation... and the need for it

I have been on vacation the last week, which meant I spent the previous three weeks at work preparing to...

Midlands PASS Chapter - August 2, 2007

"Database Professional Toolkit" with Brian and Jeremy
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 2, 2007 Meeting
Sponsored by Red Gate Software

The Midlands PASS Chapter...

ApexSQL's Industry Experts program

If you're a Microsoft MVP, ApexSQL has brought back their industry experts program. You can find out more about it...

A Graphical View of the Physical Allocation of a Database

First saw information about a tool called SQL Internals Viewer in a blog post here at Kalen Delaney's blog. The...

New version of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer available

If you haven't seen the announcement, a new version of the SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer is available for...

New MySQL Entry Level Certification

Last week I received an email indicating that MySQL had made available an entry level certification, the Certified MySQL Associate....

The meaning of Database Administrator

In two blogs I follow, Andy Leonard's blog on SQLBlogs.com and Sheeri Kritzer's The MySQL She-BA, the question of what...