Apr 17, 2014 | DavidP, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQLSaturday, SSMS |
By David Postlethwaite At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some articles on Gethyn’s blog about the bits I didn’t manage to cover. SQL Server Management Studio will autosave your unsaved query every few...
Apr 9, 2013 | SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server Blog, SQL Server Training, TSQL Tuesday |
Well sort of…it took a while. I’d done some plays and singing at school but my mother made me practice and practice and practice and she was always in the crowd to cheer me on so it was never that bad, if ever I forgot my lines my mother who would now my lines...
Nov 19, 2012 | SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 |
I’m often asked about what books I would recommend for learning more about SQL Server 2008 and I always respond with another question, what areas of SQL Server do you want to learn about? So this post is my top 5 SQL Server 2008 database administration books Microsoft...
Nov 16, 2012 | Consulting, Contracting, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012 |
Develop a High Availability/Disaster Recovery Strategy – Protecting your company’s most valuable asset and keeping that asset available is a very important task for most companies. We can help you put in place a solid reliable backup strategy and implement SQL Server...
Nov 15, 2012 | Consulting, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012 |
SQL Server Version Upgrade – You have SQL Server running nicely with no issues or problems. The trouble is its SQL Server 2005 and you know you need to consider migrating or upgrading to a later version of SQL Server but you don’t know where to begin? We can...
Nov 14, 2012 | Consulting, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server Virtualization |
SQL Server Virtualisation – Lots of companies and organisations are adopting a virtualisation first approach to the installation of new servers in their data centres. This can and will include SQL Server. Many DBAs perceive virtualisation as a bad thing for...
