July 2010 – EMPIRICAL DATA MAN

Review Quest Software and Virtual Training for SQL

July 25, 2010 by Sal Young

SESSION I – BLITZ! 60 Minute SQL Server Takeovers This past Friday I received an email from a co-worker about the virtual event hosted by Brent Ozar, Buck Woody, Kevin Kline and Ari Weil. I have to admit I deleted the message because I get tons of emails during the day and did not have … Read more

Review SQL Antipatterns

September 2, 2026July 18, 2010 by Sal Young

Bill Karwin style and choice of arranging the material within the chapters made it an easy read. It includes good and accurate examples the reader can test in almost any database system. Overall, the book will save the inexperience from many failures and embarrassment. I purchased this book hoping to find something new. Unfortunately, I … Read more