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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:18 AM

Visio Video (killed the radio star)

I teach a class at the University of Washington, and in that class I have the students create a few Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). I’m still looking for a decent tool to do that, since the only ones I know that do a good job are WAY too expensive.
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:44 AM

Go To Find Combo

A friend of mine – Bill Ramos – showed me a little-used feature in Management Studio that I’ve been using ever since. It’s a combo box that works in the Query Window and it allows you to find text quickly in a script, but it also has a hidden benefit.
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Monday, August 03, 2009 7:52 AM

The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit

Want some free training? I think Microsoft does an amazing job of getting training out for free. If you need a boost for your career, are just starting out, or need to re-tool after a layoff, or if you just want to become more familiar with the latest
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Monday, June 15, 2009 8:22 AM

Moving Tables Between Filegroups

I got an e-mail in response to the Best Practices blogs on Filegroups. I've gotten other e-mails similar to this one, so I thought I would answer (or try to) all of them here. Here's the e-mail:   " I recently started a new DBA job.   When
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:13 AM

Versioning the Database

If you write apps that hit a database that you own, then you probably want version control on the database itself. I always script out the initial database, and version that script. I also script the changes, and version those, and then script the entire
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 12:58 PM

SQL Server Management Studio Tutorial

I've had a lot of folks ask me about inlcuding a new feature for SQL Server Management Studio, only to point out that we have it already. That's understandable - SSMS has a lot of features, and if you're not using it all day, it's impossible to learn
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Monday, October 27, 2008 7:08 AM

More SQL Server Videos

I was sent this link by a reader: http://www.sqlservervideos.com/series/ Not sure about the content, but I thought I would pass these along. If you review them, let us know what you think.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:46 AM

Free SQL Server Videos

Microsoft is now including video content along with Books Online for SQL Server. Check them out here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc952928.aspx
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Friday, August 08, 2008 6:38 AM

Quick Ramp-Up on SQL Server 2008 for the DBA

Need to find out what's new in SQL Server 2008 for the DBA, even before you install it? We have a free on-line lab you can register for that will get you started quickly: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032358030&EventCategory=3&culture=en-US&CountryCode=U
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Monday, August 04, 2008 8:54 AM

SQL Server 2008 Improvements Practicals – Y Mucho Mas

I gave a presentation at TechEd 2008 where I covered our new features in "A Day in the Life of a DBA". Here's more of what I showed for midnight - "Eine kleine Nachtmusik ": I've shown you lots of new features that save you precious time at the office.
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:54 AM

SQL Server 2008 Improvements Practicals – The Data Collector and the Management data Warehouse

I gave a presentation at TechEd 2008 where I covered our new features in "A Day in the Life of a DBA". Here's more of what I showed for 4:00pm - "Need for Speed": Now it’s time to tune my systems. Before I can tune them, I need to track them. Sure, I
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:42 AM

SQL Server 2008 Improvements Practicals – New Wizards and Dialogs

I gave a presentation at TechEd 2008 where I covered our new features in "A Day in the Life of a DBA". Here's more of what I showed for 1:00pm - "New and Shiny": There are a few features in SQL Server that can be complex to implement.
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 9:18 AM

SQL Server 2008 Improvements Practicals – Object Search

I gave a presentation at TechEd 2008 where I covered our new features in "A Day in the Life of a DBA". Here's more of what I showed for 1:00pm - "New and Shiny": Sometimes it can be, well, a bit challenging to locate the objects you want to work on in
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:57 AM

Free "Basic Training" for SQL Server

I answer a lot of questions about SQL Server - on forums, in newsgroups, in presentations and so on - and many are "101", or basic questions. That's great! I don't have a problem with that at all - I enjoy helping someone that is new to SQL Server learn
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:12 AM

SQL Server 2008 Improvements Practicals - T-SQL Debugger

I gave a presentation at TechEd 2008 where I covered our new features in "A Day in the Life of a DBA". Here's more of what I showed for 1:00pm - "New and Shiny": With the stored procedure I created ready to go, I need to test it - in case it's long or
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
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