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Monthly Archives: April 2011
SQL Saturday #74 Jacksonville, FL
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
Jacksonville SQL Server User Group April Meeting Wrap Up
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
DBA Survivor
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
Posted in Books, SQL
Tagged Book Review, Introductory Level, Professional Development
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The Red Gate Guide to SQL Server Team-based Development
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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Tagged Book Review, Refactoring, Source Control, Tech Book, Testing
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SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming
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
Performance Tuning with SQL Server Dynamic Management Views
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
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals
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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Tagged Book, Book Review, Indexes, Performance Tuning, Query Tuning, SQL Server Internals
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Upcoming Events
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
SQL Server Tacklebox
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