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This past Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to do a few different things and thought I would share some experiences. None of these experiences were job related but the lessons from these experiences could be applied to SQL and databases. I will explain that a little bit later.
I was reading a blog by Pinal Dave that was about using catalog views to obtain information about stats for the entire database. While reading the blog, I was reminded about an interesting tidbit of […]
I have a new tune stuck in my head now. It got stuck there this afternoon shortly after my computer was forced into a reboot. I was in the middle of writing a blog post, […]
In my last post concerning my certification journey I said I may post a study guide. I have thought it over and a sweetened condensed version of some of the topics covered would prove helpful. […]
Despite my desire to do one exam a week in pursuit of the MCITP Certifications for DBA and Developer in SQL 2008, other things came up that have slowed me down considerably. It was only […]
There are three types of disasters that are seldom expected. Read about the fun of dealing with these different types of disasters.
This is a real quick update. It has been requested that we go ahead and provide LiveMeeting for tonight as well. Thus Charley will be presenting in person but the meeting will be available to […]
This month we have an interesting topic for Meme Monday. This is hosted by Thomas LaRock and the topics revolve in some way around SQL Server. As Tom brought up, the saying is that “there […]
It’s Grillin’ Time OK, so we won’t be grilling inside the meeting – or even at the meeting. But it sure sounds good. There will likely be Pizza and drinks. For any who are interested, […]
It’s time for the weekly update. Much like last week, we had more issues with taking this exam today. I scheduled exam 70-433 for first thing in the morning at a “private” test center. The […]