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TSQL Tuesday #12: Why Are DBA Skills Necessary? Fido, Please Turn Your Head And Cough.

TSQL Tuesday #12: Why Are DBA Skills Necessary? Fido, Please Turn Your Head And Cough.

on November 2, 2010 • 3 min read

Tags: tsql2sday

It’s sort of like Daylight Savings time for #TSQL2sday. Since PASS is next week and we’ll all be busy tweeting from the convention center instead of talking to one another face to face (or the opposite, take your pick), we’re blogging a week early.

This month’s topic is hosted by Paul Randal (blog | twitter), and the topic is “Why are DBA skills necessary?”

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TSQL Tuesday #11: Messages and the Clammy Seduction of the Print Statement

TSQL Tuesday #11: Messages and the Clammy Seduction of the Print Statement

on October 12, 2010 • 4 min read

🔥 NOTE: Updated 10/28 based on conversation in the comments, and 12/10 with Denali info.

This month’s #tsql2sDay is hosted by Sankar Reddy, and the topic is roughly, “Things you thought you knew, but didn’t.

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For Your Review: Inappropriate PASS Sessions

For Your Review: Inappropriate PASS Sessions

on August 30, 2010 • 26 min read

So I was chatting with @SQLChicken the other night, and I made this comment…

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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers

Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers

on August 16, 2010 • 8 min read

Category: devops

Yeah, you heard me.

“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read  permissions? And why would we automate  it? And at what point did you lose your mind?”

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Speaking at SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville on August 21st!

Speaking at SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville on August 21st!

on July 28, 2010 • 2 min read

A while back, I submitted a few abstracts to  a couple SQLSaturday presentations around the country. I just picked places I’ve never visited which seem unique, and where I’d like to make a quick vacation of it and spend a few days exploring town before having fun at a SQLSaturday and meeting new people.

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Learning that Presenting is Worth Doing

Learning that Presenting is Worth Doing

on July 13, 2010 • 6 min read

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is hosted by Robert Davis and the topic is “How do you learn? How do you teach? What are you learning or teaching?”

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Why To Do Some of the Grunt Work

Why To Do Some of the Grunt Work

on July 1, 2010 • 3 min read

Category: devops

Part of this past week I’ve spent doing a new SQL Server 2008 R2 installation and configuration on a Windows 2008 R2 cluster. I  haven’t done an install end-to-end in quite a while– I have teammates who take care of it while following our installation checklist document.

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