Where to learn SQL Server?
Where would a begging computer science to go to learn SQL? Where would this person go to learn SQL Server specifically?
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Our current DBA(we'll call him Obi-John Kenobe) may be getting promoted out of his position. I am going to try and pick up some of his work. Need a good starting point for beginning to learn T-SQL and...
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Suppose someone who is good at T-SQL wants to learn MDX, so that they can write better reports, and feel confident about tuning MDX queries.How should they go about it? Books? (if so, which ones?)...
View ArticleWhat are the best resources for the accidental SQL developer?
There are a lot of answers to the question 'I'm an accidental DBA - where do I start?' - but there are not so many for accidental SQL developers... The ones who wrote a query once, and were instantly...
View ArticleWhat are the most important aspects of your modus operandi?
I've seen a lot of questions here which make me think 'ok this is someone who isn't thinking about databases in a database kind of way'. Which got me thinking... How, as database administrators,...
View ArticleSQL Developer/SSRS
I need to know the difference(s) between programming SQL Server with T-SQL and developing SQL Server. I like to get a practice roadmap to start with SSRS? What are the helpful tips to kickstart and...
View ArticleNoSQL for the SQL Server DBA
Recently, I have been reading a lot about NoSQL and in particular the open source cassandra. From my current readings, it does not look like NoSQL is a direct competitor to SQL Server, since they seem...
View ArticleLearning ASP.NET for a SQL Server DBA
This may be slightly off topic for this site, but it seemed a good place to start. I have a fair bit of experience as a DBA, and I have dabbled with ASP.NET before but only in a very basic sense. Now I...
View ArticleGoing out of my comfort zone...development
OK...so I have an ambition to sometime in the next 2 or 3 years to attempt the MCM (Microsoft Certified Master), as long as my company is willing to pay for it of course. Anyway I have the...
View ArticleBest way to learn SQL Server
I am an Oracle DBA who has to manage SQL Server DBs, what is the best way to learn it? Is there a good book to read or an internet site that has training for free? TY
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I would like to learn SQL Server but don't know which version to start with. Any suggestions for a newbie?
View ArticleWhere to learn SQL Server?
Where would a begging computer science to go to learn SQL? Where would this person go to learn SQL Server specifically?
View ArticleLearning resources for becoming a DBA
Our current DBA(we'll call him Obi-John Kenobe) may be getting promoted out of his position. I am going to try and pick up some of his work. Need a good starting point for beginning to learn T-SQL and...
View ArticleWhat is the best way of learning MDX?
Suppose someone who is good at T-SQL wants to learn MDX, so that they can write better reports, and feel confident about tuning MDX queries.How should they go about it? Books? (if so, which ones?)...
View ArticleWhat are the best resources for the accidental SQL developer?
There are a lot of answers to the question 'I'm an accidental DBA - where do I start?' - but there are not so many for accidental SQL developers... The ones who wrote a query once, and were instantly...
View ArticleWhat are the most important aspects of your modus operandi?
I've seen a lot of questions here which make me think 'ok this is someone who isn't thinking about databases in a database kind of way'. Which got me thinking... How, as database administrators,...
View ArticleSQL Developer/SSRS
I need to know the difference(s) between programming SQL Server with T-SQL and developing SQL Server. I like to get a practice roadmap to start with SSRS? What are the helpful tips to kickstart and...
View ArticleNoSQL for the SQL Server DBA
Recently, I have been reading a lot about NoSQL and in particular the open source cassandra. From my current readings, it does not look like NoSQL is a direct competitor to SQL Server, since they seem...
View ArticleLearning ASP.NET for a SQL Server DBA
This may be slightly off topic for this site, but it seemed a good place to start. I have a fair bit of experience as a DBA, and I have dabbled with ASP.NET before but only in a very basic sense. Now I...
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