February 2010

Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 – Implementation and Maintenance – Self Pace Training Kit

A few months ago I reviewed my training plan for 2009 and realized I needed to update my certifications and take the SQL Server 2008 – Implementation and Maintenance Exam 70-432. While I felt I had enough experience and knowledge to take the exam I wanted to ensure I would be comfortable with all of the areas covered by the exam. I turned to my training plan on Microsoft’s Learning site and purchased the recommended book by Mike Hotek (Twitter)

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MS Access ODBC Connetion Timeout Error

There are some of us unfortunate DBAs out there that are forced to support MS Access connections to our database. I am one of those poor souls.

I manage a Microsoft Dynamics NAV database with over 26,000 tables. When one of our users was trying to create a linked table in Access 2007 he was presented with a ODBC–call failed Timeout expired (#0) error.

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Name That Caption Contest

Thomas LaRock (Blog | Twitter) author of DBA Survivor: How to Become a Rockstar DBA is offering the opportunity to win a copy of his book. The contest is to create a caption for the banner on his website, also found below. Here is my Caption “If a backup fails and no one gets an [...]

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