November 2008 - Posts

• The Battle Against Lawless Database Design

  Posted Tuesday, November 25, 2008 4:38 PM | 30 Comments
  
  

  One of the most entertaining sessions I attended at the recent PASS conference was "Much Ado: A Panel discussion about Nothing". I never fail to be amazed by the passion and energy that a bunch of database guys will put into a debate about "don't know" Read More by Tony Davis | 30 Comments | Comment on this post

• PASS 2008 Keynote, Part 2: Kilimanjaro, Madison and Gemini

  Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:22 PM | 0 Comments
  
  

  Ted Kummert opened by reiterating the message of Microsoft's increased level of support for the PASS conference, and introduced members of the SQLCAT team who were in attendance. Ted's data storage division needed to consider four main "pillars" of development: Read More by Tony Davis | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• PASS 2008 Keynote, Part 1: Wayne Snyder

  Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:11 PM | 0 Comments
  
  

  This is the first full day of the PASS 2008 conference in the wonderful city of Seattle. After a great pre-con with Bob Beauchemin, a lively SQLServerCentral party and a severe attack of jet lag, I emerged bleary-eyed for the Wednesday morning Keynote Read More by Tony Davis | 0 Comments | Comment on this post

• Building Technical Communities

  Posted Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:19 PM | 10 Comments
  
  

  The SQLServerCentral technical forums have matured and evolved over the course of many years. They were initially stoked by the sweat and toil of a small number of experienced DBAs, including Steve Jones, who were willing to dedicate a substantial amount Read More by Tony Davis | 10 Comments | Comment on this post