Category: All Things MidnightDBA

What’s New in SQL Server “Denali” CTP1

  How many of you have heard that the Community Technology Preview (CTP1) for the next version of SQL Server is out?  Well, now all of you have. You can download and play with the Denali preview here.  Now, if you’re patting yourself on the back for already having heard the news, lemme ask you […]

Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding

In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server blogosphere’s first recurring, revolving blog party….on the chosen [SQL-related] topic,” UN-SQL Friday is a completely intermittant blog party about something SQL-adjacent. (This, by the way, sort of sums up the theme of a lot of […]

Inspiration, and the Joy of the Hive Mind

PASS Summit 2010 is over, and we are suffering from the lack of chatter and SQL celebrity sightings.  Bloggers are writing wrap-up pieces, people are tweeting with new pals, and it feels a tiny bit like Christmas is over – all the presents unwrapped, food eaten, family sent home.  But, we have come home with […]