Free Stuff - Category Archive
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Free Books at Red Gate Booth at PASS Summit
Books,Conferences,Free Stuff,PASS | November 1, 2009 | 7:52 pmRed Gate Software will be handing out a limited number of free paperback books at their booth at the 2009 PASS Community Summit. They include: Protecting SQL Server Data by John Magnabosco SQL Server Tacklebox by Rodney Landrum How to Become an Exceptional DBA by Brad M McGehee If you can’t make the PASS Summit, ...read more
Get Your SQL Server Questions Answered at ASK.SQLServerCentral.com
Database Administration,Free Stuff | October 27, 2009 | 12:12 pmWhile the SQLServerCentral.com forums have always been a popular way to get your SQL Server questions answered, and to participate in the greater SQL Server Community, SQLServerCentral.com is now offering a new feature called Ask.SQLServerCentral.com, which is a new way to find answers to your SQL Server questions. You can either find a question that ...read more
Download the Free eBook “The SQL Server Tacklebox”
Books,Database Administration,Free Stuff | October 22, 2009 | 10:10 pmRodney Landrum, SQL Server MVP, is the author of the new book, The SQL Server Tacklebox: Essential Tools and Scripts for the Day-to-Day DBA. This 240 page book, and accompanying scripts, is chock full of advice for DBAs, from novice to experienced.
Free E-Book on XSD SQL Server Schema Collections
Books,Database Administration,Free Stuff | October 15, 2009 | 8:44 pmWhether you like it or not, as a SQL Server DBA or Developer, you will eventually have to learn about XML and XSD (XML Schema Definition Language). XML has become, and continues to grow, as a popular format for exchanging data. If you are not up to speed on this technology, check out the this ...read more
Free T-SQL Database Maintenance Scripts
Database Administration,Database Maintenance,Free Stuff,Performance Tuning | October 13, 2009 | 5:36 pmI often get questions in e-mails, or at user group meetings, for advice on writing T-SQL database maintenance scripts. There seem to be a lot of DBAs who need more flexibility than what the Database Maintenance Wizard offers to perform database maintenance, which means they must user either T-SQL or PowerShell scripts in order to ...read more
Free SQL Server Dashboard
Database Administration,Database Maintenance,Free Stuff | September 23, 2009 | 9:01 amGreg Larsen, a SQL Server DBA, and the owner of the website SQLServerExamples.com, has released a free plug-in for SSMS called the SQL Server DBA Dashboard. The useful tool produces a multitude of reports to help both DBAs and Developers in their quest to see inside of SQL Server, and how it is performing.
Free eBook: “Protecting SQL Server Data”
Books,Database Administration,Free Stuff | September 21, 2009 | 5:02 pmSQL Server security expert, John Magnabosco, has just authored the new book, Protecting SQL Server Data, the first book of its kind to be devoted to the protection of SQL Server data using encryption. Covering both SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008, the book handholds the reader, step-by-step, throughout this entire topic, from beginning ...read more
How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition, Now Available Free
Books,Free Stuff | July 1, 2009 | 8:38 amAbout a year ago, the first edition of my book, How to Become an Exceptional DBA, was published. It was short, about 85 pages, and was written for people who were interested in becoming DBAs, and for current DBAs who wanted to become better DBAs. The focus of the book was on career guidance. Through out ...read more
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