At a rather muted Microsoft TechEd in Los Angeles in May, the crowds were diminished and the educational content was slimmed down. In the past, SQL Server sessions were so abundant that you'd have trouble choosing which of several you might want to attend. This year, the state of the economy was reflected in many ways, including the one, or, in just a few cases, two sessions per time slot allotted SQL Server professionals. Despite the low ebb, the Microsoft SQL Server team made an exciting announcement about the upcoming availability of the SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP (Community Technology … [Read more...]
DBTA:A Look at Upcoming Enhancements in SQL Server 2008 R2
Filed Under: Administration, Databases, DBTA, Opinion, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: DBA, DBTA, Developer, news analysis, SQL Server 2008 R2
DBTA: The Future of Coding for SQL Server, Part 2
In my last column (published in the February e-edition and the March print edition of DBTA), I reviewed the overall coding landscape for SQL Server with special focus on LINQ to SQL, a new technology introduced by Microsoft in late 2008. LINQ to SQL promised to make developers' lives much easier by allowing them to focus on writing programs in their favorite Visual Studio language and letting LINQ to SQL write all the Transact-SQL code. The problem is that LINQ to SQL writes very bad Transact-SQL code. [READ MORE] … [Read more...]
Filed Under: DBTA, Opinion, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Transact-SQL Programming, Trends Tagged With: DBTA, Developer, Transact-SQL Programming
Visual Studio 2010 – Special Edition
I wanted to pass along this great info from Microsoft. There are literally oodles of free resources for Visual Studio programmers. In their own words... Take Visual Studio for a Test Drive Take this powerful tool and its features for a spin by downloading a full Visual Studio 2010 trial version. Discover how Visual Studio 2010 Professional helps individual developers build, test, debug software solutions. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/206383954/direct/01/ Attend an Event Find out how you can ride the next wave of innovation ushered in by Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Choose from full day, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Cool Technologies, On-Line Resources, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: Best Practices, Developer, Training
Video: MVPs talk about SQL Server 2008
Video chat with Brent Ozar and SQL Server MVPs Kevin Kline, Hilary Cotter and Geoff Hiten to talk about how SQL Server 2008 addresses DBA challenges and pain points. In this webcast, we cover features like Transparent Data Encryption, spatial data, and other new things that really differentiate SQL Server 2008 from 2005. Posted December 24, 2008. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Challenges, Conferences, Cool Technologies, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Tips & Tricks, Video Tagged With: DBA, Developer, MVP, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008 R2, Video
See You in St Louis, and then London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and York, UK
Good grief, there's a lot of travel in my immediate future. <sigh ... deep breath> It'll be exhausting and it'll be hard to lose so much time with the family. But if I'm able to avoid travel mishaps, it'll be fun. Meet Me In St. Louis I'll be speaking in St. Louis, MO on Tuesday, September 14th for their mid-day meeting. The details, as I have them, are: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1-4pm Location: Microsoft St. Louis Office, Three City Place Drive, Suite 1100, St. Louis, MO … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Conferences, Databases, Presentations, Professional Development, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Events, SQL Server 2008 R2, Training
DBTA: The Future of Coding for SQL Server
In a two-part article over the next two months, I'm going to address an important issue for the SQL Server community: the future direction of coding for SQL Server, as directed by Microsoft. I'll start by telling you a bit about the current situation with writing code on and for SQL Server, and, in the next installment, talk more about the ramifications brought on by the current coding environment. I'm curious if you agree with my assertions. You also have the added advantage of hindsight, since I wrote these a while ago. [READ MORE] … [Read more...]
Filed Under: DBTA, Opinion, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Transact-SQL Programming, Trends Tagged With: DBTA, Developer, FutureWatch, SQL Server 2008 R2
Free Software for Unemployed Developers
Each month, for six months, Arnie Rowland will be giving away a package of software, books, training, and development tools, valued at over $15,000, to an unemployed or underemployed developer that takes on a software project of his/her choice with a non-profit. "The idea is to provide the recipient access to all of the tools needed to improve his/her skills, an opportunity to gain practical experience, the potential to earn a recommendation and/or referral –and to positively contribute to society as a form of 'give-back'. No free lunch, just sweat equity –the kind that makes us all feel … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Ethics, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Virtualization Tagged With: Developer, MVP, Training
Join O’Reilly on Facebook
O'Reilly Media on Facebook is a place for for anyone who is a fan of O'Reilly, whether you've been following their books, conferences, webcasts, and more since the very beginning or you recently jumped onto the bandwagon. I really enjoy the newsletters and blogs from O'Reilly's various channels, especially Tim O'Reilly's commentary. And, of course, there's my book - SQL in a Nutshell - published by O'Reilly for your consideration. This book provides a complete reference of the latest release of the ANSI SQL standard, as well as full coverage of support for the ANSI standard from the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: On-Line Resources, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: ANSI SQL, DBA, Developer, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server 2008, Transact-SQL Programming
Video: Worth Upgrading to SQL Server 2005
Why companies should upgrade their databases to SQL Server 2005. Please forgive posting this old video. Many of the tips are still worth paying attention to since SQL Server 2005 features and technologies are the foundation of subsequent releases. Posted December 19, 2006. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Opinion, Presentations, Professional Development, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Video Tagged With: DBA, Developer, SQL Server 2005
New Fast Features Video – Toad for SQL Server
Fast Features for Quest Tools. Someday soon, I promise. I've been trying hard to get more videos out the door about the SQL Server tools from Quest Software (my employer). I'd sent a new one over to the program marketing team a while back, but it's not showing up in the Coffee Break Bytes section like it should. These little videos show a single feature in detail, usually taking no more than 5 minutes to watch in their entirety. In the meanwhile, check out the excellent video series here. And the blogs are really good too, available on the interwebs here. Thinking about cloud … [Read more...]
Filed Under: NoSQL, On-Line Resources, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post, Transact-SQL Programming Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Quest Software, Toad for SQL Server, Tools
