Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action
Let’s start with the obvious: yes, there’s a man on the cover smoking something. It’s probably not a coincidence that when I started writing this review, the iTunes Genius started playing Poison’s...
View ArticleBook Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
My gauge of an amazing book is simple: if I’ve got a question, and I reach for the book BEFORE I search the web, then it’s an amazing book. Several times in the last two weeks, I reached for this book...
View ArticleExcellent new books for SQL Server Professionals
Hello from Vancouver, BC! I’m enjoying the proceedings at the annual DevTeach conference and looking forward to some great sessions today. I was recently given the privilege to tech review a new book...
View ArticleDBA Survivor by Tom LaRock – Book Review
How do you become a DBA? Usually the answer is, “By accident.” You’re a developer or a Windows admin, minding your own business, when the company acquires a SQL Server or somebody installs SQL on a...
View ArticleBook Review: Applied Architecture Patterns on the Microsoft Platform
I usually hate architecture books. I can’t stand ‘em. Seems like every one I’ve ever read has been targeted at architecture astronauts – people who spend all their time talking theory, not practice....
View Article3 SQL Server Book Review Short Takes
Here’s what I’ve been reading lately on the SQL Server front. I’d like to thank all three authors and publishers for providing these books for review. Securing SQL Server by Denny Cherry Paperback –...
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