Archive for February 12, 2009

RC Cola and a moon pie

If you ain’t from the South, you probably don’t get that particular reference; basically, it’s a classic desert combination. Two good things that are great together. I kind of felt that way after having lunch today with Dan Attis. Dan’s putting together a Sharepoint Saturday the week before SQLSaturday, and it was kind of nice [...]

February 12, 2009 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: Conferences

SQL Server 2006 DBA Street Smarts – Joseph L. Jorden

Welcome to my first book review! As part of the process of arranging for swag for SQLSaturday, I’ve encountered a number of publishers that have agreed to donate books to our event in exchange for book reviews. Obviously, they’d like favorable reviews, but I don’t feel obligated to hold back any legitimate criticisms that I [...]

February 12, 2009 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Book Reviews, Certification

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- Kick some SSAS - Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 2010-08-06
  Recently finished (cover-cover) reading of Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Since then I've gone through a number of chapters several times as topics aligned themselves with work efforts. Looking at this book today, I noticed the covers are all curled, the pages dog-eared, and yellow highlighter is visible across […]
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- SharePoint 2007 Developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog 2009-11-24
  SharePoint 2007 developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog is an essential guide to anyone who wishes to become proficient in building complex SharePoint applications. This book starts off assuming that the reader is a complete beginner to BDC, and explains in detail what it is. Soon afterwards, the reader is taught what can be done with it and how.The book […]
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- The Art of Unit Testing 2009-11-08
  As a Database Architect, I often work with Object-Oriented Programmers, but thankfully don’t often have to code in other languages other than SQL. However, it is useful to understand the methods and basic frameworks by which my team members develop; hence, I decided to review Roy Osherove’s The Art of Unit Testing (Manning Press, 2009). Although many of th […]
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