Louis Davidson One more reason to to understand query plans, not directly performance related One of the things that separates a good programmer from a great one is a firm understanding about what is... 22 January 2013 11 min read
Tony Davis Getting backs up about backups I’ve been leafing with interest through the book, Pro Data Backup and Recovery, by Steve Nelson. For anyone predisposed to... 17 January 2013 3 min read
Chris Lambrou SQL Monitor's data repository: Monitoring data – part 1 Okay, I had originally intended to blog about SQL Monitor on a fairly frequent basis. Unfortunately I got rather distracted... 16 January 2013 18 min read
Louis Davidson What Counts For a DBA: Amnesia As we rush headlong into 2013, many of us prepare the annual document of self-deception otherwise known as our “New... 07 January 2013 3 min read
Jonathan Allen Keeping sysinternals up to date Pretty much anyone in the IT business should know about sysinternals tools. They are a set of tools written by... 05 January 2013 2 min read
Rodney Landrum 2013 and the Impossible Challenge I am consistently amazed when I read on twitter the exploits of DBAs who compete in marathons, endure triathlons, or... 03 January 2013 3 min read
Damon Armstrong Interactive Office 2010 Command Reference I believe it was Office 2007 that did away with the old menu system and toolbars in favor the Ribbon,... 28 December 2012 1 min read
Simple Talk Editorial Team Rudolph The Red-Nosed Tester and Other Festive Arrangements I don’t know what it’s like in your offices right now, but at the Simple-talk HQ, it’s that time of... 21 December 2012 2 min read
Chris George Agile Testing Days 2012 – Day 3 – Agile or agile? Another early start for my last Lean Coffee of the conference, and again it was not wasted. We had some... 12 December 2012 7 min read
Louis Davidson What Counts For a DBA: Replaceable Replaceable is what every employee in every company instinctively strives not to be. Yet, if you’re an irreplaceable DBA, meaning... 11 December 2012 4 min read
Louis Davidson A wee bit exhausted… time to reenergize I admit it. I am tired and I have not blogged nearly enough. This has been a crazy year, with... 10 December 2012 3 min read
Tony Davis SQL Server Optimizer Malfunction? There was a sharp intake of breath from the audience when Adam Machanic declared the SQL Server optimizer to be... 06 December 2012 3 min read
Chris George Agile Testing Days 2012 – Day 2 – Learn through disagreement During Day 1 I kept on reading tweets about Lean Coffee that has happened earlier that morning. It intrigued me... 05 December 2012 9 min read
Chris George Agile Testing Days 2012 – Day 1 – The birth of the #unicorn… Still riding the high from the tutorial day, I arrived at the conference venue eager to get cracking with the... 04 December 2012 5 min read
Chris George Agile Testing Days 2012 – My First Conference! I’d like to give you a bit of background first… so please bear with me! In 1996, whilst studying for... 04 December 2012 4 min read
Michaela Murray Application Performance Episode 2: Announcing the Judges! The story so far… We’re writing a new book for ASP.NET developers, and we want you to be a part... 27 November 2012 4 min read
Red Gate Software BI Tools Team SSAS Compare version 1.0 released We’re pleased to announce that SSAS Compare version 1.0 has been released as a free tool. Version 1.0 includes: Comparisons... 21 November 2012 2 min read
Phil Factor Mr Flibble: As Seen Through a Lens, Darkly One of the rewarding things about getting involved with Simple-Talk has been in meeting and working with some pretty daunting... 18 November 2012 2 min read
The .NET Team Web.NET: A Brief Retrospective It’s been several weeks since I had the pleasure of visiting Milan, and joining 150 enthusiastic web developers for a... 16 November 2012 2 min read
Jeff Foster Learn Many Languages My previous blog, Deliberate Practice, discussed the need for developers to “sharpen their pencil” continually, by setting aside time to... 15 November 2012 4 min read
