We’re drawing to the end of our third season of DBAs@Midnight (our weekly webshow by DBAs, for DBAs), and to the middle of the summer. What on earth shall we do for the next few months? We considered taking a break from all things SQL*, then thought…naaaah. So far we’ve lined up, three SQL Saturdays, the PASS […]
Category: sql server
Live note-taking: Sean’s NCC-1701-DBA part 2
Note that THIS talk, and a ton more, is the subject of Sean’s precon at SQL Saturday #163 Dallas this fall. We can’t really livecast Sean’s session, so I’ll live note-take. Tonight’s session is on being able to answer questions before they’re asked. Intro Right now we’re talking about estimating database growth. There can be […]
SQL Server 2012 CU2 – Have a little fun (#AppliedSQL)
SQL Server 2012 Cumulative Update (CU) 2 is out! If you’re like Me-from-10-years-ago, you couldn’t care less! But there are actually some good reasons for paying attention to new CUs. For example: it’s one good way to get to know the new version of SQL Server: play with the bugs before you install the updates! (You […]