New SQL Server Show, SelectViews Accidental DBA Tips Continue, Security Tips, Data Masking (and what it is) and More. Noise and News in the Industry, Upcoming Events, VLDBs and Replication Renames and Other Goodies On the Show Today. > Watch the show Other Video Programs/Shows available: [Watch] Disaster Recovery and Response Planning [Watch] SelectViews – the Accidental DBA – tips, […]

Do You Really Know What’s Running? I’ve written before about the need to know and understand what’s happening on your server in terms of OS jobs, SQL Agent jobs and the like. Of particular interest are the recurring jobs – and their potential impact on other jobs that run later. As the day goes on, the schedules can really pile […]

Continuous Protection Have you ever wondered what happens to the information *between* backups of your database and the associated transaction logs? The short answer is that it depends. It depends on the solution you have in place – and one great approach is Double-Take – the software provides affordable recoverability, including continuous data replication and fail-over protection. Get more information […]

(A moment of silence in the U.S. – it’s tax day.) Responsible for SQL Server and/or SharePoint? If you’re the one that is managing the backup and recovery options for your servers, you need to make sure you have centralized management, status reporting and audit trails in place and giving you the information you need. The last thing you want […]

New Show Released Disaster Recovery Planning (and Response) – this show, sponsored by Acronis, will go into things to think about, steps to take and the "how" and "why" of setting up a solid disaster recovery and response plan. From a disk going bad to even more catastrophic failures, you need to know this information so you can do your […]

New SelectViews SQL Server Show Posted Today we have specific tips for accidental DBAs to consider, upcoming events and the newsletter watch. Also, the 60-second SQL Server tip of the day, discussion watch and a lot more. [Watch the show here] SQLonCall Show Available Part II of Manager or Leader – what makes a great manager or leader, and which […]

SQLonCall Show Available Part II of Manager or Leader – what makes a great manager or leader, and which is best for an IT environment? Find out tips for finding the right person for the right position. [Watch The Show] Also available: [Watch] SelectViews – SQL Injection Protection and Recovery, Server Protection Approaches SOA, Data Layers and DBAs Do you […]

SQLonCall Show Released Part II of Manager or Leader – what makes a great manager or leader, and which is best for an IT environment? Find out tips for finding the right person for the right position. [Watch The Show] Also available: [Watch] SelectViews – SQL Injection Protection and Recovery, Server Protection Approaches Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2005 alerts […]

SQL Server Show Available Now This week we look at injection protection and recovery today, along with server protections, data warehousing for the rest of us, events, tips, trick, news and more. [Watch the show here] Change the Rules for Reports Instead of building 100 reports for users because they change their minds, need to drill-down into figures and more, […]

Featured Article(s) Increasing Performance Using the Oracle 11g PL/SQL Function Result Cache Oracle 11g has a new performance enhancing feature called the PL/SQL Function Result Cache. This feature retains the results of a PL/SQL function call in memory enhancing performance by not continually re-executing the function. This article describes the new PL/SQL Function Result Cache Not Sure What You Need […]