Category: season 2

This is probably our best show to date. Not only do we crown a new MVP, but we have so many HUGE gueses Continue reading “Hottub of Bellydancers”

I think we had a lot of fun this week. We talked about useless superpowers, rules for presenting to techies, and stuff we got Continue reading “Useless Superpowers”

This week Sean tells a fun story about being sarcastic at work. We also go into the topic of DR plans and talk about Continue reading “Now with temp tables”

Another season comes to a close. We give a nice recap of the entire season, a strange DB problem, and adding NULLs. And Continue reading “Season 2 Finale”

This was a fun week because we talked about xlocks on tempdb, nested views, and new SQL languages.

This week we cover Sean’s mainframe story, twitter updates, Allan Hirt’s new whitepaper, and Itzik is here again.

Allan Hirt actually cam into our studio and played the base for us. And while he was here we thought we’d ask him a Continue reading “Allan! Allan! Allan! Allan! Allan!”

Wow, what a good show this week. We talked about setting max server memory, how to get ready for cert exams, massive feature packs, Continue reading “Installed Anally”

Jen got to visit with Itzik Ben Golly and get some answers to some coding questions, and I presented 2 awards. There was also Continue reading “Itzik knows all”

This was a fun night. We talked about Yoda’s naughty shower habits, did a lot of bitching about SAN guys, company loyalty, and much Continue reading “The Peeping Jedi”

This week we talk about the Denali release date, Sean’s big new shiny SQLSaturday session on interviewing, and much more. There’s even a new Continue reading “Pimp-A-Thon”

Here we are on the back of the 2011 MVP Summit, and we’re gonna give away some Denali secrets. For those of you who Continue reading “Leaking MVPee”

Today we’re talking about database hacks, getting rid of problems, Denny Cherry’s new book, and more.

Don is our special friend, but more importantly he’s the head of the BOL team. This is such an interesting interview you’ll just die.

Tonight we talked about the magic tables, a cool clustering problem,orphaned windows accounts, cross join madness, and more.

Our botched commercial, the new Infragistics MVP, resume review and much more on this week’s episode.

This week we’re all about sa passwords, buying software you don’t need, our new ringtones, and troubleshooting code errors.

We talked briefly about Egypt’s revolution, and then got onto the techie stuff: Companies We Love poll results, Un-SQL Friday, King 5 Fingers, Sean’s NetworkWorld Continue reading “They kept felons”

We’ve got an excellent show tonight. We have an excellent discussion on an update statement gone horribly wrong and how to prevent it. Continue reading “Slapping the dog”

Here we are on the back end of SQLSaturday #57 in Houston. We decided to make a party out of it and bring along Continue reading “You got munkey lips”

Tonight we talk about a big downtime at Pilgrim’s Pride, 24-HOP sessions, a yearly downtime report, ownership chains, cross joins, and much more.

We love talking to Adam. He’s such a cool dude and it just so happens that he really knows his stuff too. I Continue reading “Adam Machanic has soft hands”

This is our post-Thanksgiving episode. Today we talk about why Bing sucks, jr. DBAs, and the cloud.

This is our show at the end of PASS 2010 and we have Nic Cain in our hotel room. Come have a look while Continue reading “Merkin Glue”

What can we say about Grant that isn’t already in the police report? He’s just an interesting guy. Come see us discuss query Continue reading “Grant Fritchey is our Hero”

Denny is one of our best friends at PASS. We were all so tired that we cut the talk short and meant to get Continue reading “Denny ‘Five Fingers’ Cherry”

We hooked up with Steve Jones of SQLServerCentral.com in an empty ballroom we hijacked the night before PASS. He’s so laid back we decided Continue reading “Steve Jones in the House!!”

I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here.

I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here.

Sorry, I don’t remember what we talked about here cause I’m uploading so late. You’ll just have to come see.

This week we talk about sex week on MidnightDBA as well as big production problems, crappy vendors, and more.

What a fun episode this was. We talked about sexual harrassment and many other things. Come have a few laughs and maybe even Continue reading “Hot Tubbin With Bob”

This week was pure fun as we talked about building clusters, Sean’s Scripting Guys article, and whether or not you should rally people to vote Continue reading “The Unnamed Episode”

This week we’re talking about all kinds of things, the main one being people getting started as speakers and community leaders. There’s lots of Continue reading “Polishing Dung”

This week we talk about Freddie bringing our site down, we unveil a new award, and we had a near cornhole of the week. Continue reading “Sean’s Man-crush”

Our first show of season 2. We catch everyone up on what’s been going on since we left and throw in some SSIS discussion Continue reading “Aristocratic Corn”