Voice of the DBA

Tag: SQL in the City

  • Useful #SQLPrompt Tips

    One of the tools that Redgate write is SQL Prompt. This might be my favorite product, and I’m constantly impressed by the improvements that the dev team releases. In fact, I’m also impressed by the rate at which they produce changes, with updates happening every week or two.

    At this point, the product has a lot of features, some of which I’ve forgotten about, and a few that slipped by me. At SQL in the City streamed last year, I watched a short piece from Carly Meichen that taught me a couple things. I’ll write about a few of them, but take a look at this video and see if any of these will help you become more productive.

  • Watch the Manual DBA v Automated Deployment Challenge

    At last year’s SQL in the City, I played the part of a manual DBA making changes and deploying those from development to test, staging, and production environments. Actually, I don’t think we went to production because I didn’t have time.

    My co-worker, Tom Austin, showcased the automated process using SQL Source Control and other Redgate tools. As much as I believe in using tools, and despite the fact I regularly use them,  even I was impressed by how much less work the automated process took.

    Watch our session below.

  • SQL in the City 2016

    It’s time for SQL in the City 2016 to start today. Actually, by the time some of you read this, we may already be underway. This year the event is being broadcast from the Redgate Software offices in Cambridge, UK. Along with Grant Fritchey and a number of other Redgaters, we’re holding our annual conference live for the world to watch. In fact, to ensure everyone can watch, we’re going to broadcast both today and tomorrow (Dec 15) at different times to reach the entire world. If you can’t tune in today, come back tomorrow as the content is the same, just about 4 hours later. That means an early day in the office for me today, and then a late one tomorrow, but it’s worth it to give you a fun show.

    I’ve enjoyed being a part of SQL in the City for many years, in quite a few cities around the US as well as London. Each year we spend time trying to showcase new products and features from Redgate that can better help you develop software. That’s the mission at Redgate. We want to make you more productive as you build applications on top of SQL Server. Part of doing that is showing you examples and providing education in addition to selling software.

    As an evangelist, I’ve been proud that Redgate continues to give back to the community and invests heavily in SQLServerCentral, Simple Talk, and many other conferences and events around the world. We truly do want to be a part of the #sqlfamily and try to ensure that every one of us gets better at our job over time. To me this is one of the great things about the SQL Server community in that we all support, inspire, assist, and share with each other. I’m happy to help contribute what I can to educate SQL Server professionals every day.

    This should be a fun couple of days, and I hope you enjoy the sessions we’ve been developing this fall. We’ve got some great new products that have been under development in 2016 and should be releasing soon. I think you’ll like what we’ve been working on.

    Steve Jones

    The Voice of the DBA Podcast

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  • SQL in the City Prep

    I’m at the Redgate Software offices this week. I come over to visit the company, my boss and our department, and talk to product development groups a few times a year.

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    This time I’ve been mostly focused on the SQL in the City 2016, which is being streamed this year from the office. A room has been set up with a variety of equipment to broadcast our presentations.

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    We’ve been shooting some pre-recorded fillers this week as well as practicing our live sessions. I’ve got two tomorrow, one with a co-presenter. Today was practice time, working on timing, delivery, and remembering there’s a camera.

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    I’m excited for tomorrow, and things seem to be coming together. Now it’s time to call it a day at the office, get some dinner, and then rehearse a bit more.

    See you tomorrow or Thursday. The content is the same, so you can tune in either day.