SQL Excursions launched yesterday.
In case you missed all the talk about SQL Excursions yesterday, I’ll recap here since a lot of people read blogs but aren’t on Twitter. Yesterday, with great fanfare I announced the launch of SQL Excursions. You can read all about it on the announcement blog post. The important parts are: SQL Excursions is designed […]
Thinking about attending the SSWUG vConference? Sign up now and save $30.00
If you were planning on attending the SSWUG virtual conference “DB Tech Con” which is happening April 20-22, 2011; and you’d like to save $30.00 of the cost of the conference, have I got a deal for you. When you sign up using the discount code SP11DBTechDC you’ll be given a $30 discount off of […]
I’m having a sale on SQL Saturday slide decks, two for the price of one.
The last two weekends I’ve presented at two different SQL Saturday events, so as I’m pretty lazy I’m posting the decks for both weekends in a single blog post. SQL Saturday 47 – Phoenix Back to Basics; Getting Back to the Basics of SQL Server SQL Server Clustering 101 Where should I be encrypting my […]
If you aren’t doing backups, you aren’t doing your job.
Apparently people still haven’t figured out that taking backups of SQL Server databases is actually a requirement of having a SQL Server database. There was a conversation recently on Twitter about yet another forum question where the OP talked about the crashed database that they had without any backups what so ever. Some people don’t […]
My MCM Knowledge Exam Test Experience
As many of you know, I took the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) knowledge exam back in November, and received notice that I passed back in December. The MCM knowledge exam is the first of two tests that you have to pass in order to receive the MCM certification, after you take and pass the MCITP […]
My SoCal Code Camp slide decks
So this last weekend was the 13th SoCal Code Camp (the 6th at this location). I presented three different sessions at this code camp. My slide decks can be downloaded below. SQL Server Indexing for the .NET Developer Using SQL Denali’s Always On Where should I be encrypting my data If you attended the sessions […]
