SQL Server Best Practices – Do YOU Practice? I’ve been talking with a growing number of people who, because of budget pressures, time pressures and the whole "do more with less" thing have taken to deploying best practices in a reactionary way. Rather than putting things in place to, for example, protect the systems in advance of any issues, the […]

Featured Article(s) Tips for using SQL Server 2005 configuration options (Part 2) Here you can find some useful tips to use SQL Server 2005 configuration options. Last Day to Register – Accidental DBA vWorkshop Tomorrow’s the Day! The Accidental DBA vWorkshop is Thursday Sept 10 starting at 9:00a – it’s going to be a great group of people at the […]

Only a couple of days remain to register – Accidental DBA vWorkshop for the Accidental DBA vWorkshop on Thursday. [Register Here] and take advantage of the price drop. Not sure? Check out the outline of the course on the site. Get it here. Featured Article(s) Automatic content provisioning to your SharePoint site Whether your still testing your future SharePoint site […]

New SelectViews Show SelectViews: On the show today, several tips from things being seen in the field, can a DBA be too good? Upcoming events, small business/consulting tip, accidental DBA tips and much more. [Watch the Show Here] Previously: [Watch Here] (Part 3) Chris Shaw, Stephen Wynkoop explore the top 10 SQL Server scripts [Watch Here] (Part 2) Chris Shaw, […]

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Featured Article(s) Tips for using SQL Server 2005 configuration options (Part 1) Here you can find some useful tips to use SQL Server 2005 configuration options. Web Application Security — How to Minimize Prevalent Risk of Attacks Stories about exploits that compromise sensitive data frequently mention culprits such as "cross-site scripting," "SQL injection," and "buffer overflow." Vulnerabilities like these fall […]

Have you seen the latest SQL Server show? [Watch Here] Featured Article(s) Unit testing your Sharepoint deployment Here is the problem: you’re managing SharePoint project (intranet, extranet, public site); you have all of your custom components tested and working; how about the solution overall along with your custom components? Are your sites created, templates deployed, lists and libraries provisioned, resourced […]

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Have you seen the SSWUG.ORG Script Library? http://bitonthewire.wpengine.com/scripts – 100’s of scripts, read, review, post your own – great tools! (See below for a top 10 scripts show too!) Featured Article(s) Step by Step to Capture change data in IBM DB2 — Part 2 Step by Step to Capture change data in IBM DB2 — Part 2 . IBM consistent […]

Featured Article(s) A Look at New Features in SQL Server 2008 SQL SERVER 2008 New FEATURES – an overview and summary of features. Fantasy Football League – Interested? (Need to let me know by Friday) Every year we’ve done a Fantasy Football league and had some great fun pitting DBAs against one-another. If you’re interested in participating, it’s free. We […]