Monitoring Performance
Vicktor has a bunch of scripts he uses to monitor performance, he explains why he built them and how to use them. Good coverage of the different reasons for slow performance.
2003-06-09
16,399 reads
Articles
SQL Server Reporting Services
Not yet in beta, MS is working on an add on product similar to Notification Services.
2003-06-06
4,010 reads
Murach's VB.NET Database Programming with ADO.NET
If you're a VB.NET programmer who wants to learn database programming with ADO.NET, here's a new book that presents all the skills you need in a logical progression from the simple to the complex. Along the way, you'll learn how to use the classes, properties, methods, events, and techniques that have made this subject so hard to master. And when you're done, you'll have a reference that you'll use on the job every day. (Publisher Provided Description, not reviewed)
2003-06-05
2,151 reads
Lessons from my first Project as a Project Manager
David tries his hand at Project Management and what follows is a list of tips and problems from that experience. As David points out, it's interesting to see things from the other (not developer or DBA) point of view.
2003-06-04
5,752 reads
Question of the Day Section Added
Learn SQL Server the fun way through a bite-sized SQL Server question each day. Scores are kept so you'll know how you stack up against your peers in various categories.
2003-06-04
333 reads
Customers Don't Know What They Want
This article on the JoelonSoftware site discusses project management and customer expectations. It has a great discussion of why non-technical users place so much value on what they can see (the GUI) while developers place so much value in what can't be seen (yeah, the code!). It's actually more interesting than that, take a look!
2003-06-03
1,393 reads
DB2 A Worthy Competitor?
Recently Steve Jones spent a week working with IBM's DB2 database. Read about his thoughts and impressions of this SQL Server competitor.
2003-06-02
6,180 reads
Dependency Walker
Dependency Walker has been around for a while as part of Visual Studio. Have you tried it? Got the latest version? Andy does a very quick run through of what the product does, why you might need it, where to get the latest version, and why the new version is better than the old one (isn't it always?).
2003-05-30
7,823 reads
Find out about free Trade Publications
This is a great site that lists all the free trade publications in various industries. You have to meet the criteria of course, but you should definitely check out the offerings.
2003-05-29
1,031 reads
Importing And Analyzing Event Logs
Another new author! Gheorge shares some ideas about importing event logs and using OLAP to analyze the results. Not a bad idea at all. How many of use OLAP as often as we should? Read the article, see if it's something you want to try - and let Gheorge know what you think!
2003-05-28
12,988 reads
Blogs
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