As Editor-in-Chief at SQLServerPedia, one of my jobs is to check out what other wikis are doing, see how it’s working for them, and steal their ideas apply their knowledge. We used to try nominating an Article of the Month every month, but frankly, that just wasn’t working. People told me they don’t like to [...]
Most DBAs don’t read blogs.
They have “real jobs” that don’t afford them the time to surf the web, improve their training, or meet like-minded SQL Server professionals who want to help. When I talk to them about the power of the community and all this free help that’s available, they’re often completely surprised.
I think [...]
Sankar Reddy (Blog – Twitter) put a ton of work into SQLServerPedia over the last couple of months, banging out some great wiki articles:
Getting the Last Clean DBCC CHECKDB Date
Tracking Password Changes
Server Audit Examples
A group of SQL Server DBAs and bloggers voted the DBCC CHECKDB date article as the Wiki Article of the Month!
The winner [...]
I’m excited to announce the newest syndicated blogger at SQLServerPedia: Denny Cherry!
Denny, aka @MrDenny on Twitter, writes an excellent SQL Server blog at SearchSQLServer.com. He’s got a decade of experience, just about every Microsoft certification short of the MCM, and he’s a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP). Some of his recent blog posts include:
Hey Sysadmins [...]
Here’s my bookmarked links for September 25th through October 2nd:
SQL Server, Cloud, and Tech Links
Viva la Famiglia! – Brad Schulz shows how to use T-SQL to determine family relations. This is freakin’ awesome.
PASS Board 2009 Slate of Candidates – Candidates are Brian Moran, Jeremiah Peschka, Matt Morollo and Thomas LaRock.
PASS Elections and UStream | [...]
This morning, I drew the winner of the SQLServerPedia Dream Trip to PASS contest.
I’m excited to announce that Jen McCown (Blog – Twitter) will be going on her first trip to the PASS Summit! She’d knocked out blog post after blog post and contributed several great new articles to the SQLServerPedia in September. She worked [...]
Squeaking in just before Thursday’s contest deadline comes our newest blogger, John Sansom (Blog – Twitter – StackOverflow). I’ve read John’s blog for several months now, and I’ve been giving him a secret invisible thumbs-up every time he tweaks his blogging strategy to align with my recommendations. (And no, I haven’t told him this, hahaha.)
John [...]
This Thursday, I’ll be drawing the winner of the SQLServerPedia All-Expenses Paid Trip to the PASS Summit Contest. I’ve noticed blogging activity and wiki activity really pick up this month as people try to increase their chances of winning, and there’s still some time left! The winner will be drawn at random, but the more [...]
Ask Colin Stasiuk, aka @BenchmarkIT on Twitter:
That’s great news! It’s not all due to SQLServerPedia, though – Colin’s been writing great blog posts at his blog, BenchmarkITConsulting.com.
You can read more about syndicating your blog at SQLServerPedia.
The #SSPDreamTrip contest keeps attracting new members to the community. You can read more about the contest, and here’s our four newest bloggers:
Jason Crider (Blog – Twitter)
Jason is a DBA/Sysadmin in Little Rock, Arkansas with over 10 years of IT experience. He holds a degree in Management Information Systems, a Masters in Christian Education, and [...]
Pop quiz: should you be worried if your SQL Server’s page life expectancy is averaging 214? There’s only one correct answer: it depends.
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The answer is simple: the Buddy System. Learn why.
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Things have changed since Grandpa’s time, though, and now it’s time to learn a new performance tuning trick – SQL Server waits.
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