Jul 12 2010
The service accounts for SQL Server have undergone expansion in the past few releases of Microsoft SQL Server. Back in the days of SQL Server 2000 and earlier you only had to deal with configuring a service account for the SQL and the SQL Agent services. Now you have to contend with those in addition [...]
May 10 2010
#11 – Memory Settings Unless you have been working with SQL Server for a while, you may not go into the Server Properties or Facets and tweak much of anything after a successfull install. After all, there are a great deal of things out there and it can be really confusing. Let’s keep it really [...]
Apr 30 2010
#12 SELECT * Plain and simple this is a lazy habit that causes performance problems and possible code fail over the application lifecycle. That is all. “Explain myself” you say? Fine. Imagine you’re given a grocery list by your Significant Other that states: “Go to the Sunny Mart and buy everything. It’s exactly what we [...]
Apr 26 2010
#13 Being A Visible DBA At The Wrong Time I’ve given presentations where I state that one of the qualities of being a good DBA is being a visible one. The days of being a Database Administrator that sits in the smallest cubicle next to the noisy refrigerator and generally avoided by the rest of the [...]
