Weekly SQL Blog round up WC 20100822

It’s been a busy week again this week in both my professional and personal life, so not much time for reading community content. However I have noticed an outstandingly funny hash tag on Twitter #inappropriatePASSSessions, possibly my favourite so far is from Bill Fellows (Blog|Twitter)

I would like to point out that no developers or managers were [...]

SQL Server Setup Portal

In another bid to make things easier for the SQL community Microsoft have launched a new SQL Server Setup Portal which can be found here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/ff625277.aspx which has been described in Buck Woody’s blog as “a one-stop-shop for everything you need to know about planning and setting up [...]

New Year, New Opportunities

Like many people I have taken the steps of acquiring a new job during the New Year merry go round. After a brief search I have been offered and accepted a position as a SQL DBA at a well known UK retailer.

There have been lots of posts on forums and mailing lists asking for hints and tips [...]

Happy New Year 2010

I’d like to wish you all a happy new year in which we can all look forward to the release on SQL 2008 R2 [...]

Merry Christmas 2009

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a very [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to SQL.RichardDouglas.co.uk. This is my first post on this new site. I’m aiming to provide helpful SQL advice via a series of blogs and articles on a variety of subjects on what is now an immense database platform.

Thanks [...]