Check Out These Tools – SQL University
May 7, 2010
Some neat (and free) tools to help you out with SQL Server. This is my second contribution to the SQL University “Tools of The Trade” week series. In part one we had a quick chat about why to look at using various tools to help you out working with SQL Server. In this post, we’ll … Read more
Get You Some Tools – SQL University Spring 2010
May 6, 2010
I don’t know about you, but I’m too busy to do it all. I use tools to help me do my job as a DBA. Let’s talk about some of the tools or types of tools that might help you do your job. This is Week 4 of the Spring 2010 semester of SQL University … Read more
What Service Pack Are Your Client Tools At?
April 27, 2010
So you have a plan to apply service packs to your SQL instances. You test them out and try to keep a regular schedule to ensure they are up to date. That is great. What About SQL Server Management Studio? What about the copy of SSMS that a developer is using to create scripts? This … Read more
Day Job Lessons From The Garden
April 23, 2010
It’s spring and in addition to our usual vegetable garden and some existing fruit crops, we are putting in a row of 15 blueberry bushes. Well the past two nights I’ve been outside for 3-4 hours digging a trench (about 40′ long by 2.5′ wide and 1′ deep. right, I said feet.) by hand and … Read more
SQL University – Professional Development & Knowledge Sharing
April 20, 2010
This week is SQL University’s “Professional Development” week. Andy Leonard is a pro when it comes to this topic (check out this post and the links on it to see what I mean) and I asked if I could sneak a post in along side his this week since it is a topic I tend … Read more
SeacoastSQL First Meeting Recap
April 19, 2010
(Written the night of the meeting, edited and posted after) Wow. I just got home from a really great night with a fun group of people. The first meeting (hopefully of many more) was a success (more on what that means from my point of view below) and we had an amazing turnout – By … Read more
T-SQL Tuesday #005 – Reporting For Duty
April 13, 2010
Aaron Nelson is hosting this week’s T-SQL Tuesday. His topic, like mine from last week, has a lot of ways I could go. He basically said to talk about something that has to do with reporting. I decided to take the hodgepodge approach and talk about a couple things. Disclaimer – I am not syndicating … Read more
Why Seek Ye The Living Among The Dead?
April 2, 2010
I occasionally post a thought that is based on the Bible in my blog, though I haven’t in awhile and have more subscribers now hence this “advisory”. While there are plenty who suggest it best to not mix personal sentiments or faith in a professional blog, I am willing to “risk” it as my faith … Read more
Seacoast SQL Server Users Group Is Alive!
March 31, 2010
One of the things that have been keeping me from regular posts has been working on setting up a new SQL Server User Group. Well, that is now starting to really come together! Our first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 13th, 2010. We have a basic site, a logo and some plans. Still some … Read more