The list of SQLServerPedia’s syndicated SQL Server bloggers grew by two this week, bringing our total to twelve! The new voices are:
Colin Stasiuk of BenchmarkITConsulting.com
Young Colin turned 30 last week, and celebrated on Twitter where he’s known as BenchmarkIT. Some of Colin’s recent blog entries include:
- What TCP Port is SQL Server running under? The default port for SQL Server is 1433, but when you run multiple instances of SQL Server on the same server, you have to do a little detective work to find the port number of each instance.
- Doing Pivot Tables in SQL Server – if your data is organized by row, and you need it in columns instead, then you need a pivot table. Colin gives an example.
- Copy_Only Backups – I had no clue what this was before I came to work for Quest, and looking back, I wish I’d have learned more about it earlier. It lets you do backups without breaking your log shipping chains.
Tim Ford of Ford-IT.com
I met Tim, also known as SQLAgentMan on Twitter, at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle. He’s a good photographer, a fellow Michigander, but alas, a Zune user. Some of his recent posts include:
- Book Editing By Dummies – the author’s name goes on the front, but the editors and reviewers are the ones who make sure the author looks good. I echo Tim’s sentiments about the shock of how fast your career can move once you get involved with PASS – one day you’re trying to decide what book to buy at the bookstore, and the next day you’re trying to figure out how to phrase things in the book you’re writing or editing!
- SQL Quiz: Toughest Challenges – Chris Shaw started a blog questionnaire about our toughest challenges as DBAs, and Tim’s answer is a problem that every DBA faces sooner or later.
- How My Dog’s Ovaries Got Me Through Writer’s Block – no, this one wasn’t syndicated, but it’s good. (I can’t stop laughing when I read Tim’s blog.)
If you’re interested in syndicating your blog at SQLServerPedia, email us at brento@brentozar.com or send me a message on Twitter. Both Colin & Tim had emailed us at ask@sqlserverpedia.com, but it looks like our spam filter is a little overaggressive, so they didn’t get added until today. If you emailed us and you haven’t heard back, let me know.