Monthly Archives: April 2011

SQL Saturday #74 Jacksonville, FL

Posted on April 28, 2011 by

SSIS Data Flow Buffer Breakdown I just wanted to once again try to get the word out about the SQL Saturday conference this weekend in Jacksonville, FL.  My Derby hat will be doing a presentation on SSIS Data Flow Buffer … Continue reading →

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Jacksonville SQL Server User Group April Meeting Wrap Up

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

Recap Since I did a presentation this month for the JSSUG, I wanted to write a quick wrap up on the meeting.  There were about 15 people who attended the presentation.  That number is much, much lower than the normal … Continue reading →

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DBA Survivor

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

DBA Survivor: Become a Rock Star DBA is an introductory psuedo-technical book which takes a look at some of the things you will need to look for when you are becoming a DBA. It tackles such things as what to … Continue reading →

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The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

This was one of the first tech-books which I have read entirely in electronic format.   This is slightly odd considering the number of Simple Talk publishing books that I have now read.  Like the others in the simple talk publishing … Continue reading →

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SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

One of the things that I have been looking at over the last several months is the list of books which have been compiled into a reading list for the Microsoft Certified Master program (Robert Davis (@SQLSoldier) has compiled the … Continue reading →

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Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views By Louis Davidson and Tim Ford I’m not 100% certain what it was that I was expecting from this book.  From one review I had read on amazon, I was halfway expecting … Continue reading →

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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals by Kalen Delaney et al. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals took me a good six weeks to finish as it had so much information to consume that I would often find myself reading for ten … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Events

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

Just a quick blog update to let everyone know about some of the upcoming technical events I have planned for the next month or two.  April Jacksonville SQL Server User Group I’ll be presenting An Introduction to Log Shipping at … Continue reading →

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SQL Server Tacklebox

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

SQL Server Tacklebox – Essential tools and scripts for the day–to–day DBA by Rodney Landrum. I have read a lot of SQL books by now, so a lot of what I get from them is just picking up on little … Continue reading →

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