Thoughts and experiences of a DBA working with SQL Server and MySQL
I previously wrote about SQL Server 2012 certification in March and at the time of writing the post, the information on the Microsoft website about the SQL Server certification paths that you could take spoke of "Professional Level … [Continue reading]
Microsoft has decided in SQL Server 2012, that they will modify the ORDER BY clause and do what MySQL has been doing for a long time - providing simple functions for paging result sets. This comes in the form of OFFSET and FETCH. Now, I'm not … [Continue reading]
I've just downloaded a free ebook on SQL Server 2012. Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2012, by Ross Mistry (@RossMistry) and Stacia Misner (@StaciaMisner) It's 229 pages long and so provides a good amount of content with 10 chapters. If you … [Continue reading]
So SQL Server 2012 has gone RTM and I am considering studying for a SQL Server 2012 certification. At the time of writing this post, the exams are not yet available but are due in June 2012 with the beta exams happening in March 2012. For this … [Continue reading]