For my first T-SQL Tuesday post this is an appropriate title. I love speaking. It all started when the call for speakers came out for the very first South Florida IT Pro Camp. At the time I was a practicing project manager and was looking for excuses to keep my technical skills up-to-date. I was finding(…)
Recently, I spoke at SQL Saturday #141 South Florida. Words can’t express how much I love the SQL Server community. Every time I’m able to speak at a SQL Server event I’m deeply honored. For almost the past year I’ve been traveling around Florida speaking at events like SQL Saturday talking about Project Management. But(…)
Dear Developers, DBA’s and Power Users, There is something that I’ve been seeing in your SQL that it annoys me so much that it’s forcing me to bring it to your attention. Developers, DBA’s and power users hear my plea. Table aliases are wonderful things. They make SQL easier to read and more compact. I’m(…)
Recently, I’ve been working on databases that I’ve never touched before. Of course, when dealing with a “new to you” database there some are challenges. What’s the schema of the database? What’s the “cleanliness” of the data? Is there any useful metadata? When I look at a database for the first time I want to(…)
A few months ago we started development on a new system. From the ground up we redesigned everything from our business processes to how we store data. Part of the redesign was deciding on using SOA technology in our middle tier. This will allow us to separate our UI from our middle tier even further.(…)
Microsoft is offering free SQL Server 2008 online courses. The offered titles are: What’s New in SQL Server 2008 for Enterprise Data Platform What’s New in SQL Server 2008 for Business Intelligence What’s New in SQL Server 2008 for Database Development We’ve been keeping our ear pretty close to the ground on SQL Server 2008(…)