Toad Extension for Visual Studio 1.2 is now live. You can access it HERE. Key new features in Toad Extension for Visual Studio v1.2: Deployment Scripts: the pre- and post-deployment scripts of TFS are now supported. XML Columns: supports tables with XML data type columns. Nested Tables: supports tables with up to two levels of nested table type columns. Synonyms: synonyms can now be imported into your DB project Source Navigation: You can now use F12 navigation to find the definition of items in the code editor. Stored Procedures: generate Oracle stored procedures that … [Read more...]
New Releases in the Toad Family of Tools
Filed Under: Administration, Cool Technologies, Databases, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: DBA, Quest Software, Toad, Web Development
Leadership, Management, and SQLRally
Transparency - A Great Leadership Quality I've always appreciated how Andy Warren (blog| twitter) operates in the most transparent manner, especially as it relates to his role as a director for the Professional Association for SQL Server. For example, Andy's latest blog post about prepping for the SQLRally, to kick off in less than 30 days, is insightful and gives you a good idea of the sort of work a strong director for PASS needs to put in. I also enjoy how Andy more or less thinks out loud and offers you the chance to provide your input. In that latest blog post, he was mulling different … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Governance, Interviews, PASS, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Strategies, Video Tagged With: Career, Goals, Plays Well With Others, Professional Development, SQLPASS, Training
Totally Awesome and Totally Free Training SQL Server Training
One of the things that I enjoy about working for Quest Software is that we give back copiously to the community. From activities and offerings like SQLServerPedia, to our free posters mailed anywhere in North America (and don't forget the free hi-res PDFs for the rest of the world), Don't forget that free DVDs of our virtual conferences featuring me, along with Buck Woody (blog | twitter) and Brent Ozar (blog | twitter) will be mailed anywhere in North America free of charge, now available at this link. Enjoy! -Kevin Twitter at kekline More content at http://KevinEKline.com … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Administration, Challenges, On-Line Resources, Presentations, Professional Development, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, DBA, Developer, Professional Development, Training
Education and Career Resources from Microsoft and the Community
Sometimes I'm timely in getting the news out on useful resources. And, other times, I'm a bit slower on the draw. As I told friends back at New Year's Day, "As an official member of the Procrastinators Club, welcome to 2008!" On the other hand, it's always good to remind folks of great resources that are still available and on the shelf. Why? Well, the Internet hits us with such a deluge of constantly new material, that we often forget about the old(ish) stuff that's still really useful. Quest vConference for SQL Server One of the most popular teaching sessions I ever engaged … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Administration, Databases, On-Line Resources, PASS, Presentations, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Career, DBA, Developer, Professional Development, Quest Software, Training, Women in Technology
Azure, a Beautiful Color, and So Much More…
Windows and SQL Azure Resources Cloud computing is more than just the latest buzz word in the IT trade papers. It is a remarkable paradigm shift with as much potential to "turn over the apple cart" of IT computing as client-server had for the world of mainframe and minicomputers. If you're not spending time to learn about cloud computing, in general, and SQL Azure, in particular, then you're missing the boat in a big way. (Ha! Two big metaphors in one afternoon. My high-school English teacher would be proud.) There are mountains, literally MOUNTAINS, of free and high-quality content … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cloud, Cool Technologies, Databases, On-Line Resources, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Tool Time, Video Tagged With: Azure, cloud computing, DBA, Developer, Training, Web Development
Video: Where are good SQL Server resources?
Kevin discusses resources online that he uses and considers to be excellent destinations for SQL Server professionals. Kevin will discuss each site he uses in detail - check it out! Posted August 15, 2008. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Databases, On-Line Resources, Presentations, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Internals, Monitoring, SQL Server 2005, Tools, Video
Video: Magic Formula for SQL Query Tuning
Featuring Kevin Kline this video focuses on accelerated Disk Optimization and improved productivity with SQL Query Tuning. Posted December 18, 2006. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: IO, Performance, Presentations, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: DBA, Performance, Query Tuning, SQL Server 2005, Troubleshooting, Video, Web Development
Video: Interview – Part 3 Cross-Platform Issues
Heather Eichman interviews Kevin Kline, the former President of PASS and systems specialist for the SQL Server Business Unit at Quest Software. Posted January 31, 2008. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Challenges, Cool Technologies, Databases, Interviews, Opinion, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Strategies, Video Tagged With: DBA, Oracle, SQL Server 2005, Video
Video: Interview – Part 2 SQL Server Evolution
Heather Eichman interviews Kevin Kline, the former President of PASS and strategy manager for the SQL Server Business Unit at Quest Software. It's not brand new - originally posted January 28, 2008. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Cool Technologies, Databases, Interviews, Opinion, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Video Tagged With: Career, DBA, Society, SQLPASS
Video: Interview – Part 1: Quest Software
Heather Eichman interviews Kevin Kline, the former President of PASS and strategy manager for the SQL Server business unit at Quest Software. Originally Posted on January 24, 2008. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Interviews, PASS, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Video Tagged With: Career, Video, WorldView
