Question of the Month - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Question of the Month category.
December Question: What does it mean to be a Proactive DBA?
Question of the Month | December 1, 2010 | 4:59 pmOne of the things I promote in all my presentations is the importance of being a proactive DBA. Unfortunately, the term “proactive” is open to many different interpretations. So, this month’s question is, “What does it mean to be a Proactive DBA”? In other words, what tasks does a DBA take in order to be ...read more
November Question: What steps do you include in your database maintenance?
Question of the Month | November 1, 2010 | 1:00 amDatabase maintenance is a critical task for every DBA. For this month’s question, list the typical steps that you use to perform your database maintenance. Please be as specific as possible, including what steps you perform, in what order, and how often you typically perform them. By sharing your database maintenance procedures, we can all ...read more
October Question: Tell us about your favorite experience as a participant in the SQL Server community.
Question of the Month | October 1, 2010 | 1:00 amThere is a thriving world-wide DBA community that offers many opportunties meet other DBAs, to learn from others, and to share your knowledge. Based on your personal experience, tell us about your favorite experience as a participant in the SQL Server community. For example, tell us about meeting someone new, something you have learned from ...read more
September Question: What feature is missing from SQL Server that you would most like to see included in the next release?
Question of the Month | September 1, 2010 | 1:00 amPost your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). And don’t forget to enter your e-mail address when you post your response, so I can contact you if you win. This month, because of the nature ...read more
Winner of the July Question of the Month
Question of the Month | August 2, 2010 | 10:51 amThis month’s question of the month was: Tell us your story of how you happened to become a DBA. This month, the winner of the contest was selected randomly, and the winner was Bill Wehnert, who has won a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate and a single license to SQL Response. If you haven’t done so, ...read more
August Question: What types of continuing education do you use to keep up with being a DBA?
Question of the Month | | 10:41 amPost your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). And don’t forget to enter your e-mail address when you post your response, so I can contact you if you win. This month, because of the nature ...read more
Winner of the June SQL Aloha Contest
Question of the Month | July 1, 2010 | 5:11 pmThis month’s question of the month was: What is your best advice for boosting index performance? As usual, selecting the winning entry was difficult as there were many great tips, but this month’s winner is Robert Miller. Robert has won a US $50.00 Amazon.com gift certificate and a single license (including one year of support ...read more
July Question: Tell us your story of how you happened to become a DBA.
Question of the Month | | 1:01 amPost your responses to the above SQL Aloha Question of the Month in the comments section below (at www.bradmcgehee.com if you are viewing this from a syndicated newsfeed). And don’t forget to enter your e-mail address when you post your response, so I can contact you if you win. This month, because of the nature ...read more
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