April 2009 - Posts

• Do you care where an idea comes from?

  Ok, so you are the lead ______________ for your company.  The big cheese, the super duper guy who knows everything…right?  So then some newbie comes up with an idea that might solve a problem you have been dealing with for a few days/weeks/months/whatever.  Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:30 AM by drsql | 12 Comments Filed under: Misc

• Headed..South..To Atlanta for SQL Saturday

  Heading down to SQL Saturday ( www.sqlsaturday.com ) in Atlanta to give a 9:15 AM session on Database Design, with a greater than normal dose of normal thrown in. I hope there are more than 7 people to show up, because I would hate if everyone got some Read More... Posted Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:55 PM by drsql | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Speaking

• Book Reviews – Again

  I have gotten a few more reviews in, and interestingly I appreciate the negative ones almost as much as the positive ones. I prefer the negative ones that have decent star ratings better… but what are you going to do. The most recent review was critical Read More... Posted Monday, April 20, 2009 12:53 AM by drsql | 1 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Writing, Manners, Book Reviews

• Allen White to speak at our Nashville SQL Server User’s group April 24

  I am scheduled to be the opening act, with a short 5-10 minute tip/trick session entitled “Tips – Taking Care of ‘Future You’”, and then the illustrious Allen White will take over and give a presentation on the new administration features of SQL Server Read More... Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 9:18 PM by drsql | 0 Comments Filed under: PASS, User's Group, Nashville, Speaking

• The fourth pillar – Documented

  This blog probably won’t stir up a hornet’s nest or anything, but I would also expect that it would be the least popular in practice. The person who feels they can disagree with the need for a reasonable amount of documentation is probably nuts. In the Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 15, 2009 5:52 PM by drsql | 0 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Documentation, Best Practices, Pillars

• Requirements vs Architecture

  Okay, so on the first look this sounds like the most boring Japanese action movie ever. Requirements is tearing through the village, and Architecture is in the city.  Developers by the horde are trying to code both of these into oblivion…Maybe not.  Read More... Posted Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:30 PM by drsql | 2 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Best Practices, Requirements, Design

• The third pillar – Fundamentally sound

  This one should be simple to anyone who sees it (once I decode what I mean by fundamentally… and sound…by then for sure!) In the initial post I defined this as – fundamental rules enforced such that you don’t have to check datatypes, base domains, relationships, Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 7, 2009 7:58 PM by drsql | 1 Comments Filed under: Database Design, Best Practices, Pillars