By Tamera, on November 8th, 2011% I have deteremined that my stress level the last 1.5 months has been pretty high and I am sure it revolves around #SQLPASS. Here let me explain.
First there is my company that made me dance around like a puppet and sit on pins and needles while waiting to find out if I was going to get to attend this year. You see last year the “boys” went and I didn’t get to. One of them, who happens to be my boss’s boss would come by and rub it in that he was going and that I wasn’t then I got the drop by stories from PASS for months after. . . . → Read More: Leading up to #SQLPASS
By Tamera, on November 7th, 2011% #sqlfamily
It started feeling real on Monday night of #sqlpass week. It was at a very late dinner with @airbornegeek and my co-workers; we were sitting at The Tap House when all of the sudden (you know at nearly midnight) walked in a large group of my favorite people in the #sqlcommunity. I walked over to say HI to all these “strangers” I had never met in person, there were hugs and laughs and OMG! Everywhere. I walked back to our table and said “Guys MY FAMILY is here, we have to go sit with them!” they replied with “we are going to the hotel and to bed”. I followed . . . → Read More: #SQLFAMILY
By Tamera, on May 2nd, 2011% “I got 99 problems but a disk ain’t one”
I am not a DBA, and I have only pretended to be one after KLT had moved on to TN. But I have seen all of these items cause problems for databases and as a customer of these databases I found it to be extremely annoying.
users who don’t care users who have too many rights USERS who have no knowledge of how a DB works or how to write SQL and those who have no idea what could make a query slow A bad data model Forcing size limit on a DB and requiring a DB to fix it. BAD! . . . → Read More: Meme Monday 5/2
By Tamera, on April 4th, 2011% Why yes I would LOVE to troubleshoot your crappy code!
Thanks TOM for something so fun and differnent. And yes, it’s Tamera like camera but no, I don’t have someone to tag.
By Tamera, on January 11th, 2011%
As part of my 2011 resolutions I feel the need to participate in T-SQL Tuesday (we’ll get to more about that later). First some of you reading this are expecting a recipe and some FOOD PORN, sorry not today I am a geek and sometimes like to show that off and today is it!!! T-SQL Tuesday was started by Adam Machanic (guess what? He has a blog and is on twitter!) and the basic rule is that someone new each month host and chooses a topic. This month it is our friends MIDNIGHTDBA (Jen and Sean – guess what they blog and twitter too!!). If you are able . . . → Read More: #TSQL2sDay Resolutions
By Tamera, on November 2nd, 2010%
2.5-3 years ago I would of answered this question with some smart-ass response about how DBA skills are really only necessary if you ARE a DBA. But 2 years ago KLT (@airbornegeek) scored a job in Nashville and left me in Indiana holding 2 houses, 2 dogs, 2 yards, a pool, 2 systems at work to admin and of all things the databases to take care of. At that point I became the most beloved accidental DBA. Don’t get me wrong I was really bored at work and how much of your time can you really spend looking for a job. I decided to use this opportunity to . . . → Read More: TSQL Tuesday – Why are DBA skills necessary?
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