Voice of the DBA

Tag: syndicated

  • Daily Coping 8 Apr 2022

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.

    Today’s tip is to think of two people you know for the next 10 seconds, and think to yourself “I wish for that person to be happy.”

    TJay Belt posted this recently and I thought it was a nice coping tip in life for me.

    So, I sent my wishes out for 10 seconds to TJay and my nephew to be happy. TJay has a great life, and I see him smile often, so might not have needed this, but he certainly makes me smile.

    My newphew is in a gap year after high school, working, doing some traveling, and I wish that he is happy and enjoying his life.

  • Speaking at SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2022

    SQL Saturday is coming back to Jacksonville this May. I’m excited to go as I’ve like the city, but I’ve never been to this particular SQL Saturday. On May 14, 2022, I’ll be in town for the first live SQL Saturday of 2022.

    I’m delivering a couple sessions on DevOps topics, but there is quite a spread of OLTP and BI topics listed. Some impressive speakers are coming, and I’m looking forward to seeing a few sessions. I’m also looking forward to catching up with John Sterrett and Jay Falck, who I haven’t seen in some time.

    There are some pre-con sessions available for all day training on Friday, May 13. If you are missing the chance to learn in a live environment and not online, check those out.

    You can get more details at: https://sqlsaturday.com/jax and register today.

    Come join us as we get back to in-person events, learn a few things, and network with other data professionals in the north Florida area.

  • Daily Coping 7 Apr 2022

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.

    Today’s tip is to discover joy in the simple things in life.

    I work in tech, like many of you that read this. We use various tools to do our jobs, some of which we appreciate and enjoy. Some are innovative, and certainly some of us are blessed with more resources and access to things.

    When I saw this tip, I thought of a few simple things that I enjoy.

    I have a few wireless chargers: one on my desk, one on my nightstand, and one in the Tesla. I think it’s amazing I can drop my phone onto a surface and it charges. That’s one little tech thing that makes me smile on a regular basis.

    My office gets chilly at times. I’m near the garage and dog door, and at times I get a bit of a draft. I can wear more clothes, but I got a chair massager/heater, and I use the heat often on cold days. It reminds me of the seat heaters in the cars, which I also enjoy often.

    The last thing I enjoy regularly is having a wireless mouse. I had to use my kid’s laptop to do something recently and noticed he had a plugged in mouse. I have a wireless one on my desk, and I carry one when I travel. Batteries seem to last for years, and the convenience of moving it around, the smooth optical tracking, and lack of a wire getting in the way bring me joy every day.

    Bonus, I have a custom mouse mat with pictures of my kids. I love that as well.

  • Removing a LocalDB Instance

    Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers.

    This might be obvious and easy, but I spent a couple minutes learning how to remove a LocalDB instance.

    I tried to use remote, but that didn’t work:

    2022-03-03 09_17_39-C__Windows_System32_cmd.exe

    There error reminded me that in my day, most commands use –? or /? to get help. A lot of CLIs these days use –help (two dashes). That doesn’t work here. But /? does.

    2022-03-03 09_18_33-C__Windows_System32_cmd.exe

    This shows me the delete option is the one to use. I tried that, but I needed to stop the instance.

    2022-03-03 09_19_55-C__Windows_System32_cmd.exe

    Running stop and then delete allowed this to succeed.

    2022-03-03 09_20_51-C__Windows_System32_cmd.exe

    SQL New Blogger

    After writing a previous post, which took me 10 minutes or so, I went to clean up my environment. I realized this was easy, but also worth a post about how I learned this.

    Just 5 minutes. You could write posts like this to further your knowledge and help your career.