Choosing the right professional

I’m writing this blog post from my bed, you may think that’s a little too much information there is a good reason for telling you this as it provided the inspiration for this post. I hadn’t been feeling particularly well at the tail end of last week but pushed on (as you do) as there were [...]

Problem Steps Recorder

Windows 7 introduced a very handy new feature called “Problem Steps Recorder” and can be started by simply typing “PSR” in the run menu. The application itself is quite minimalistic in it’s appearance and very straight forward to use. What it does is record each step that the user takes and documents it in step-by-step details as well as providing screenshots. Once the user stops recording it will prompt them to save the recording which internally is an MHTML document wrapped up in a ZIP file which as we all know is a compression format so it can be sent to your third party support, helpdesk or even your friendly DBA :) [...]

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 [...]