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What Do You Want to Learn?

  • November 6, 2013 at 2:53 pm

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  • November 7, 2013 at 1:24 am

    #1664656

    Between September and October, I've attended 11 events in 7 cities and given 23 talks on 8 topics.

    We certainly don't get those kind of opportunities living in Africa, I envy you.

    In our monthly user group I find that there are too many talks discussing new and upcoming features and too few covering some of the basics like indexing or execution plans for example.

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  • November 8, 2013 at 5:42 am

    #1665069

    My problem is that what I would like to learn and think I should be applying I am restricted from doing at most clients. This restriction is on time. Yes, I could do it in my own spare (sic) time.

    I would like to spend a reasonable amount of time to learn the diagnosis/debugging features of SQL Server inside out. Including performance. I think that these are basics but are often overlooked but more often put in the "later, always later" pile.

    Gaz

    -- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

  • November 8, 2013 at 5:51 am

    #1665073

    I think at this point, I'd like to start getting the hang of SSIS.

    I'm one of those people who learn best by "playing" with something, which means I'd mostly have to do this on my own time. Not a big deal, one copy of SQL 2008 R2 Developers edition (may as well get a 2012 Dev Edition soon,) a VM, a decent "teach yourself X" book, and I'm started...

    Now to get that 2012 Dev edition...

  • November 8, 2013 at 8:31 am

    #1665139

    I'd like to learn more about SSIS as in coding, debugging, performance, etc. as it pertains to a DBA.

  • November 8, 2013 at 8:36 am

    #1665141

    Best practice for the design and deployment of high availability servers in a distributed VMWare environment please - to support D.R.

    Cheers

    Mart

  • November 8, 2013 at 8:44 am

    #1665145

    "I find the challenge of learning more about a technology or feature of SQL Server to be exciting, and it seems there's no shortage of new things I'd like to learn."

    I am SO there, and not just with SQL Server! It's all so interesting and sometimes even fascinating to me. Obviously a person has to apply a little personal discipline to keep on task on all that lands outside of new things to learn. I struggle with that sometimes.

    Of late I've spent a lot of time "translating" existing code from one language to another. Examples would include Sequel to DB2 or Cognos to SQL. The basics are easy, but the subtleties no so much. I would be interested in learning about the commonalities and differences in a world where old things and new things have to interact. I spend time searching a number of sites for explanations, since I'm not an expert on every language. I usually find my answers, but a straight-up comparison would be useful and at the same time give me a better understanding of the evolution of code.

    :alien:

  • November 8, 2013 at 9:49 am

    #1665168

    "What do you want to learn?"

    1. More about automating DBA tasks.

    2. More about set-based SQL.

    3. More about security.

    By the way, Steve, congratulations on your whirlwind tour. That sounds like a crazy amount of travel and work!!

    Thanks,

    webrunner

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  • November 8, 2013 at 9:51 am

    #1665169

    I like to learn more about debugging database with real time Scenario

    Thanks

  • November 8, 2013 at 9:54 am

    #1665171

    webrunner (11/8/2013)

    By the way, Steve, congratulations on your whirlwind tour. That sounds like a crazy amount of travel and work!!

    Thanks,

    webrunner

    Thanks. It was crazy, fun, and exhausting.

  • November 8, 2013 at 9:56 am

    #1665173

    A talk about how to determine the right tool for the job.

    Or a talk about the appropriate use cases for certain new features and examples of (common?) incorrect application of certain new features.

    It is not always a matter of knowing all the new features, but to be able to determine whether they are applicable to the problem at hand.

    What we often see is that features can get overused because they make the coding easy (e.g. table variables, CTEs) but they may have unforseen consequences.

    What are some newer examples of this kind of thing?

  • November 8, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    #1665233

    BI.

  • November 8, 2013 at 3:36 pm

    #1665242

    I'd like to learn SSIS.

  • November 8, 2013 at 5:54 pm

    #1665275

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  • November 8, 2013 at 8:59 pm

    #1665283

    My list is still too long. ive done a couple SQLSaturdays and quite enjoyed them, and i always learn a lot of new things, but their other effect is always to remind me how much about SQL server I still DON'T know.

    As it pertains to my current job, top priority is learning all the SSAS/SSIS I can, especially best practices around team development in those areas.

    But on a personal level, I want to sharpen my query/programmability optimization skills. I know a lot (much of it from reading and participating here) about tricks on writing better queries and such, but still a newb when it comes to actually breaking down execution plans, and analyzing performance of queries.

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