Apr 10 2013
There are No Background Checks SQL Server Management Studio is a lovely product. It’s powerful. It’s feature-rich. It’s not yet been wrapped in a Metro interface. It’s free and easily-accessible. Your kids can download it (probably easier than most adults can.) Your kids can share it with other kids. Heck, the middle-manager in the finance [...]
Feb 28 2012
What Brings a Good Looking DBA Like You to a Place Like This? You’ve most likely found this post because of one of the following reasons: You’ve got this shiny new server and are thinking about installing SQL Server on it. You’ve been following this series from the beginning (thank you by the way) and [...]
Feb 17 2012
A Little Patience It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled since I addressed this series on common mistakes in SQL Server database administration. When it comes to this topic I’m glad I held off because the recommendations have changed from when I was originally working on this series when it comes to [...]
Apr 23 2010
I give you exhibit A: The Last Straw: Yes, Third Party Software vendors out there are still trying to ruffie our SQL Servers. I encountered these instructions yesterday when reviewing a pending installation process. What you don’t see here though are items 1-11 in their instructions (one being a requirement for [...]
Jun 4 2009
Vendors want access as System Administrator in SQL Server? Well, you may have just won the SEQUEL SERVER SWEEPSTAKE BIG MONEY LUCKY DAY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY VIAGRA ITTY BITTY SPIDDY COMMITTEE LOTTERY.
Mar 6 2009
What are your practices when it comes to dealing with commercially developed database performance issues in your environment?
