April 30, 2011 10:00 AM
Posted by: Colin Smith
I am not a developer and I do not want to be and I know that developers have a job to get done but.....
Why is it that developers want to have elevated privileges in production??
That one I think I can answer at least partly.. From my experience it is because they want to test code in...
April 29, 2011 8:01 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
backpsDo you use a third party backup utility? If you do are you in charge of the tool and the infrastructure that it sits on? Well if you do then you are lucky. As a DBA I think that my first priority is to make sure that I have backups and backups that can be recovered of all of my Databases,...
April 29, 2011 4:12 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
PowershellYesterday I got a call from a coworker who was having an issue with a script. He was looking to get some properties from an object and check the values. The problem is that the properties that he was checking also happened to be a collection of objects. So the problem he was having is that you can...
April 26, 2011 9:15 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
Security BreachYet another breach of security. This time it is the Sony Network. If you use a PS3 and play games or use it for video or other services keep an eye out.
Good article about it here.
April 22, 2011 10:00 AM
Posted by: Colin Smith
PASS Summit,
Sessions,
Speaking,
TrainingToday I finished my abstract for my "Powershell for the DBA" session for the PASS Summit. I am very hopeful that I will get the opportunity to speak at Summit as I will not be attending this year if I am not. Also presenting is a lot of fun and I would love to speak at a larger forum. This session...
April 21, 2011 9:14 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
Feedback,
Speaking,
SQL Saturday #73I got back from Vacation a couple days ago and in my mail box was the feedback forms from SQLSaturday #73 Orange County. I had just under 30 people in my session and I did not get any where near that amount of forms but I am thankful for the ones that I did get. From the ones that I got back I only...
April 13, 2011 10:00 AM
Posted by: Colin Smith
SQL Saturday,
SQL Saturday #73All of my slides and the scripts for my "Powershell for the DBA" presentation are up at the SQL Saturday #73 site. Link Below.
http://www.sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=73&sessionid=3963
Please...
April 12, 2011 5:10 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
Free Training,
SQL SaturdaySQL Saturday is now complete and in my mind it was a success. I was not able to attend the full event so I can not do a full review of the day but I can speak to the parts that I was able to attend. It was not much but it was fun.
I flew in to Orange County at 11:20AM and got a cab to take me to...
April 8, 2011 9:30 PM
Posted by: Colin Smith
Speaking,
SQL SaturdayI just ran across a great Blog post by Jen McCown (Blog | Twitter) about breaking into speaking. Speaking is something that I...
