Season 1

DBAs@Midnight season 1

Sean is Petri’s Dish: 4 of 4

Part 4 of Sean is Petri’s Dish.

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Sean is Petri’s Dish: 3 of 4

Part 3 of Sean is Petri’s Dish.

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Sean is Petri’s Dish: 2 of 4

Part 2 of Sean is Petri’s Dish.

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Sean is Petri’s Dish: 1 of 4

Here we talk about an extremely bad cluster install done by one of my DBAs.

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Sean’s Rub-n-Tug: 5 of 5

Part 5 of Sean’s Rub-n-Tug

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Sean’s Rub-n-Tug: 4 of 5

Part 4 of Sean’s Rub-n-Tug

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Sean’s Rub-n-Tug: 3 of 5

Part 3 of Sean’s Rub-n-Tug

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Season 1 Finale

The finale of our 1st season. Some good discussion here.

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Companies don’t Care

We’re back with another DBAs@Midnight. This week we’re talking about how companies don’t really care enough about their employees...

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Adopting New Features: 4 of 4

Part 4 of Adopting New Features.

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Adopting New Features: 3 of 4

Part 3 of Adopting New Features.

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Adopting New Features: 2 of 4

Part 2 of Adopting New Features.

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Adopting New Features: 1 of 4

While playing with our SQLChickens, we’re trying to top the plagiarism video from last week in Redmond. So after...

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Plagiarism: 4 of 4

Part 4 of Plagiarism.

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Plagiarism: 3 of 4

Part 3 of Plagiarism.

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Plagiarism: 2 of 4

Part 2 of Plagiarism.

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Plagiarism: 1 of 4

This is a fun one we did in Redmond while waiting for the SQL Server R2 TweetUp event at...

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No Religion at Work: 4 of 4

Part 4 of No Religion at Work.

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No Religion at Work: 3 of 4

Part 3 of No Religion at Work.

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No Religion at Work: 2 of 4

Part 2 of No Religion at Work.

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No Religion at Work: 1 of 4

This is a nice film with a few good laughs and we also get in our first on-film fight....

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How to Spin a Firing: 2 of 3

Part 2 of How to Spin a Firing.

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Evangelizing SQL Part: 3 of 3

Part 3 of Evangelizing SQL

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Evangelizing SQL Part: 2 of 3

Part 2 of Evangelizing SQL

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Evangelizing SQL Part: 1 of 3

This is a fun vid where we talk about evangelizing SQL in your company, getting devs to take part...

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Stuff Auction: 3 of 3

Part 3 of Stuff Auction. Priorities and important questions on the first day of your job, a quick recap,...

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Breaking up with your Boss: 1 of 4

This is another one that I just love. We ramble on a bit I think, but overall I think...

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Resumes: 3 of 3

Part 3 of Resumes.

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Resumes: 2 of 3

Part 2 of Resumes.

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The Latin DB: 2 of 5

Part 2 of The Latin DB.

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The Latin DB: 1 of 5

We start this episode with the special guest we’ve been talking about. Then we talk about the Latin DB,...

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Buck’s Taint: 5 of 5

Part 5 of Buck’s Taint.

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Buck’s Taint: 4 of 5

Part 4 of Buck’s Taint.

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Buck’s Taint: 3 of 5

Part 3 of Buck’s Taint.

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Buck’s Taint: 2 of 5

Part 2 of Buck’s Taint.

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Buck’s Taint: 1 of 5

We start out this episode with a great discussion on taints. Does it actually ite into IT? You’ll have...

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Bobble-Head Buck: 3 of 5

Part 3 of Bobble-Head Buck.

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Bobble-Head Buck: 5 of 5

Part 5 of Bobble-Head Buck.

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Bobble-Head Buck: 4 of 5

Part 4 of Bobble-Head Buck.

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Bobble-Head Buck: 2 of 5

Part 2 of Bobble-Head Buck.

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Bobble-Head Buck: 1 of 5

This is kind of a fun video. We talk about Buck’s bobble head along with DNS and DR, and...

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Sean’s Rub-n-Tug: 2 of 5

Part 2 of Sean’s Rub-n-Tug

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Sean’s Rub-n-Tug: 1 of 5

We talk about a few things here, one of which is parameter sniffing. I know we’ve covered this before,...

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Fire the Samurai: 4 of 4

Part 4 of Fire the Samurai.

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Fire the Samurai: 3 of 4

Part 3 of Fire the Samurai.

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Fire the Samurai: 2 of 4

Part 2 of Fire the Samurai.

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Fire the Samurai: 1 of 4

This week we talk about the death of Database Underground, Jen stealing at work, and much more.

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Recompiling and Parameter sniffing: 2 of 5

Part 2 of Recompiling and Parameter sniffing.

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Recompiling and Parameter sniffing: 1 of 5

We talk about so many things here it’s hard to nail it all down in a summary. Let’s see...

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Firing DBAs: Part 4

Part 4 of Firing DBAs.

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Firing DBAs: Part 3

Part 3 of Firing DBAs.

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Firing DBAs: Part 2

Part 2 of Firing DBAs.

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Firing DBAs: Part 1

This week we have a nice talk about how to handle a DBA who isn’t performing like he should...

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Keeping your Sanity when out of Work: Part 2

We’re continuing the discussion of keeping your sanity while out of work.

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Keeping your Sanity when out of Work: Part 1

Here we’re discussing some ways of keeping your sanity and your confidence when you’re out of a job so...

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 7 of 7

Here’s part 7 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 6 of 7

Here’s part 6 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 5 of 7

Here’s part 5 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 4 of 7

Here’s part 4 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 3 of 7

Here’s part 3 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 2 of 7

Here’s part 2 of the big group interview.

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Buck, Paul, Joe, and Louis: 1 of 7

RATED R for language content. Whenever you get Sean and Joe in the same room the language goes out...

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Grant is quite Fritchey: 3 of 3

Here’s the 3rd part of our talk with Grant.

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Grant is quite Fritchey: 2 of 3

Here’s the 2nd part of our talk with Grant.

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Grant is quite Fritchey: 1 of 3

We found Grant wearing a dress so of course we had to put him in our sandwich.

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Bill Ramos Talks Tools: 2 of 2

Part 2 with Bill Ramos.

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Bill Ramos Talks Tools: 1 of 2

If you don’t know Bill, he’s on the tools team, so he’s the one you talk to when there’s...

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The Early Bird Gets Brian Knight: 2 of 2

Brian’s cute, and brilliant, and he’s here for another round.

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The Early Bird Gets Brian Knight: 1 of 2

What can I say, Brian is just the bomb. He has more SSIS knowledge under his fingernails than the...

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Get Jiggy with Allen White: 2 of 2

Finishing up with Allen White… good times.

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Get Jiggy with Allen White: 1 of 2

We’re here at PASS 2009 in Seattle and we caught up with my friend Allen White. We talked about...

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PASS Summit 09 Interview: Itzik Ben-Gan, 2 of 2

Part 2 of Itzik.

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PASS Summit 09 Interview: Itzik Ben-Gan, 1of2

We found Itzik at PASS 2009 and decided to keep him. This is a very informative interview on a...

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DBAs@Midnight: Managing Tasks 2 of 2

Here’s the exciting conclusion to the 1st one.

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DBAs@Midnight: Managing Tasks 1 of 2

This one was rather fun because it was another one of those nights when were were both rather punchy....

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DBAs@Midnight: No Moving Schema

OK guys, here we’re talking about no moving schema. If you don’t know what that is, then watch this...

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Good Interview Still Don’t Get the Job: Part 2

OK, we’re just continuing our discussion of having an excellent interview.

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Good Interview Still Don’t Get the Job: Part 1

Hey guys… here we kick off a discussion about some reasons why you may still not get the job...

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Who Should Manage Backups

SORRY GUYS!!! This was about a 45min video and a glitch with the computer lost the first part of...

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How to Study

We’re very proud to bring you our first DBAs@Midnight video.  Here we talk about how to study SQL books...

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