Tutorial videos from the MidnightDBAs. Here we focus on SQL Server, but we cover all things related to DBAs as well. http://www.MidnightDBA.com/podcast.xml MidnightDBA.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:21:16 -0500 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:21:08 -0500 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) http://www.feedforall.com Free SQL Server tutorial videos. I teach everything from SSIS to Windows and networking, to Powershell tricks. Everything is centered around the DBA. Sean McCown Sean McCown ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) IT,SQL Server,database,video,free,tutorial,Microsoft http://www.MidnightDBA.com/podcast.xml no no weekly Have you ever been plagued by a file you couldn't delete or move because it was being held open by something else? Well here I'm going to show you how to find out what's holding the file open so you can go deal with it. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/FindFileLock.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 7f477999-c835-49dd-b247-9502b0df8f1e Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 Find File Lock Have you ever been plagued by a file you couldn't delete or move because it was being held open by something else? Well here I'm going to show you how to find out what's holding the file open so you can go deal with it. 3:26 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This was such a fun week. We talked about our new videos and our new reviews on ITBookworm. We also have our T-SQL spotlight, interview question of the week, and so much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPIO.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 305af359-af93-490c-a277-1646ec435df5 Mon, 1 Aug 2011 00:00:00 P.I.O. This was such a fun week. We talked about our new videos and our new reviews on ITBookworm. We also have our T-SQL spotlight, interview question of the week, and so much more. 57:21 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here I talk about UNION and UNION ALL, and the different rules about using ORDER BY, GROUP BY, SELECT INTO, and INSERT INTO with a UNION/UNION ALL query. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLUnion.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell bc9ae565-2e63-4dc4-8276-de3dee794f66 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 UNION and UNION ALL Here I talk about UNION and UNION ALL, and the different rules about using ORDER BY, GROUP BY, SELECT INTO, and INSERT INTO with a UNION/UNION ALL query. 5:23 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Have you ever wanted to be able to view instance-level stats or change certain values without having to use the GUI? Here I'll show you how to do all your boxes with Powershell. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellServerProps.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell f26c77e5-d6aa-4e99-a912-8d8371299e16 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Server Properties Have you ever wanted to be able to view instance-level stats or change certain values without having to use the GUI? Here I'll show you how to do all your boxes with Powershell. 11:19 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no There's a lovely sp_configure option that can help you keep the size of your plan cache under control. Let's go have some fun. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/OptimizeForAdhocWorkloads.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 9b5bbe1e-7169-432e-9235-8730410d0fdb Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Optimize For Adhoc Workloads There's a lovely sp_configure option that can help you keep the size of your plan cache under control. Let's go have some fun. 12:21 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Lots of news this week beginning with Adam Mechanic's new training company, SSIS improvements in Denali, and some training camps. We also talk about log shipping, and much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightDBCCFixProblems.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell f011143c-f4d8-4e5e-818e-1f7310845bff Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 DBCC FixProblems Lots of news this week beginning with Adam Mechanic's new training company, SSIS improvements in Denali, and some training camps. We also talk about log shipping, and much more. 1:01:15 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This was a fun episode. We talk about Intel's SSD bug, Denali CTP3 is available, restoring backups over the network, and much much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTheReverseGodfather.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 86790049-e5fa-4cf8-a5ad-2267f4616f1c Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 The Reverse Godfather This was a fun episode. We talk about Intel's SSD bug, Denali CTP3 is available, restoring backups over the network, and much much more. 1:07:59 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no One irritating thing about SSRS is that you have to set the text box properties (say, to format numbers as currency) for each individual text box, unlike Excel. Here’s a better way (with some restrictions) to update the formatting for multiple text boxes. Companion tutorial to my Tip: Change Multiple Field Formats in SSRS http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SSRSFormatMultipleSSRSTableFields.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 93eea415-d2f6-49e5-8aa7-663a4bbdb08d Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Format Multiple SSRS Table Fields One irritating thing about SSRS is that you have to set the text box properties (say, to format numbers as currency) for each individual text box, unlike Excel. Here’s a better way (with some restrictions) to update the formatting for multiple text boxes. Companion tutorial to my Tip: Change Multiple Field Formats in SSRS 3:34 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Knowing how and when to use Insert Into or Select Into can quite often make or break your load process. Here I show you how to tell the difference between them and what their effects are. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLInsertVsSelectInto.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 57672259-c1f0-4b12-a035-ded825b202ad Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Insert Into vs. Select Into Knowing how and when to use Insert Into or Select Into can quite often make or break your load process. Here I show you how to tell the difference between them and what their effects are. 13:01 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here we create, populate and format a simple SSRS report. This is a companion to my Petri article How to Create and Edit a Report in SQL Server Reporting Services http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SSRSCreateSimpleReport.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 08150b36-a29a-4ad4-85e7-63b6b2b4a5f9 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Create and Edit a Simple SSRS Report Here we create, populate and format a simple SSRS report. This is a companion to my Petri article How to Create and Edit a Report in SQL Server Reporting Services 12:51 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no We're kicking off another season with a bang. We get to talk to Paul Nielsen, the author of the SQL Server Bible series of books, and we reveal a new award. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSeason3Opener.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 6411d519-6420-4e52-9e52-d4fc8509e174 Sat, 9 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Season 3 Opener We're kicking off another season with a bang. We get to talk to Paul Nielsen, the author of the SQL Server Bible series of books, and we reveal a new award. 1:02:34 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no If Windows has ever bluescreened on you, then you know how important it can be to find the issue. Windows creates a crash dump file whenever it bluescreens and here I'm going to show you how to use that dump file to figure out what caused the bluescreen. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/CrashDumpAnalysis.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell efb7ffa3-57b8-4ed3-bf34-b9e53ce71de9 Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:00:00 Windows Crash Dump Analysis If Windows has ever bluescreened on you, then you know how important it can be to find the issue. Windows creates a crash dump file whenever it bluescreens and here I'm going to show you how to use that dump file to figure out what caused the bluescreen. 6:41 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Another season comes to a close. We give a nice recap of the entire season, a strange DB problem, and adding NULLs. And there's so much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSeason2Finale.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 7bcb3dd5-3502-40c9-a218-6ed96b386d4c Fri, 3 Jun 2011 00:00:00 Season 2 Finale Another season comes to a close. We give a nice recap of the entire season, a strange DB problem, and adding NULLs. And there's so much more. 1:08:54 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This was a fun week because we talked about xlocks on tempdb, nested views, and new SQL languages. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightLOLCATS.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell d29e95a5-a9d6-4a0b-9ec6-86a0b8810957 Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 LOL Cats This was a fun week because we talked about xlocks on tempdb, nested views, and new SQL languages. 1:07:39 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we're preparing for the rapture and we have some exciting news about a brand new Microsoft product. You won't believe what they've been up to. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightRaptureParty.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 4e1f3c3c-2adf-4aa6-9935-3267a9082a5c Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 Rapture Party This week we're preparing for the rapture and we have some exciting news about a brand new Microsoft product. You won't believe what they've been up to. 58:09 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we cover Sean's mainframe story, twitter updates, Alan Hirt's new whitepaper, and Itzik is here again. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightCherryCheesecake.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 11e08a86-5845-4eb6-ac04-d214ae263304 Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 Cherry Cheesecake This week we cover Sean's mainframe story, twitter updates, Alan Hirt's new whitepaper, and Itzik is here again. 1:12:17 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Allan Hirt actually cam into our studio and played the base for us. And while he was here we thought we'd ask him a few clustering questions. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAllanAllanAllanAllanAllan.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell a50b55d9-8b0e-4e67-b54a-ce380df98dcb Mon, 2 May 2011 00:00:00 Allan! Allan! Allan! Allan! Allan! Allan Hirt actually cam into our studio and played the base for us. And while he was here we thought we'd ask him a few clustering questions. 59:44 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Wow, what a good show this week. We talked about setting max server memory, how to get ready for cert exams, massive feature packs, and much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightInstalledAnally.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 921d7246-9df5-42c9-a5b7-c3de7a7a669c Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Installed Anally Wow, what a good show this week. We talked about setting max server memory, how to get ready for cert exams, massive feature packs, and much more. 1:00:52 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Jen got to visit with Itzik Ben Golly and get some answers to some coding questions, and I presented 2 awards. There was also a good discussion on deadlocks and much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightItzikKnowsAll.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 92d5af69-2f67-4526-8113-191fc83c8105 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Itzik knows all Jen got to visit with Itzik Ben Golly and get some answers to some coding questions, and I presented 2 awards. There was also a good discussion on deadlocks and much more. 1:00:52 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This was a fun night. We talked about Yoda's naughty shower habits, did a lot of bitching about SAN guys, company loyalty, and much more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightThePeepingJedi.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell fc8c8f0c-f8d5-450d-a14f-dcf532e574df Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 The Peeping Jedi This was a fun night. We talked about Yoda's naughty shower habits, did a lot of bitching about SAN guys, company loyalty, and much more. 1:04:47 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we talk about the Denali release date, Sean's big new shiny SQLSaturday session on interviewing, and much more. There's even a new resume review. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPimp-A-Thon.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c886e5b1-c8a6-4504-8f12-76c5ceed8f1e Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 Pimp-A-Thon This week we talk about the Denali release date, Sean's big new shiny SQLSaturday session on interviewing, and much more. There's even a new resume review. 1:02:53 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Tonight we talked about the magic tables, a cool clustering problem,orphaned windows accounts, cross join madness, and more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightFallingAsleepOnTyraBanks.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 01487b5b-471d-4d49-a128-b7c9a5a1f86c Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Falling Asleep on Tyra Banks Tonight we talked about the magic tables, a cool clustering problem,orphaned windows accounts, cross join madness, and more. 56:56 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Don is our special friend, but more importantly he's the head of the BOL team. This is such an interesting interview you'll just die. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightDonGill.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c243037f-482a-4f24-84d6-b90ec68435c8 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Don Gill Don is our special friend, but more importantly he's the head of the BOL team. This is such an interesting interview you'll just die. 1:43:13 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here I'll show you how to uninstall a CU from SQL Server 2008 R2, CU5 to be specific, but it doesn't matter. Here there's a special circumstance where the original install media location doesn't exist anymore so you have to specify it during the uninstall. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/UninstallSQLR2CU5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 6c2288d0-ac51-4774-92b3-db0be45c8e44 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Uninstall a CU in SQL Server 2008 R2 Here I'll show you how to uninstall a CU from SQL Server 2008 R2, CU5 to be specific, but it doesn't matter. Here there's a special circumstance where the original install media location doesn't exist anymore so you have to specify it during the uninstall. 4:14 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Today we're talking about database hacks, getting rid of problems, Denny Cherry's new book, and more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightGetAwayFromMe.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c3dfe052-ba60-414a-9a27-69cc5a3039a1 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Get Away from Me Today we're talking about database hacks, getting rid of problems, Denny Cherry's new book, and more. 1:01:04 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Paul and Kim Tripp from SQLSkills.com came to teach us their award-winning presentation on DB performance. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/NTSSUG20110317Performance.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 9cbd0ddf-2bcb-4c00-9194-7f4585e2c243 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Database Performance Paul and Kim Tripp from SQLSkills.com came to teach us their award-winning presentation on DB performance. 1:46:57 Paul and Kim Tripp Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Prerequisite: The previous show called 'Leaking MVPee'. Once you get past the last episode you'll know what we're talking about here. However, we also get into plan guides, doing your job, and the smartest recruiter on earth. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTheBlanketBonus.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 910b8cdd-7cc6-472c-b4f9-93699b7a4761 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 The Blanket Bonus Prerequisite: The previous show called 'Leaking MVPee'. Once you get past the last episode you'll know what we're talking about here. However, we also get into plan guides, doing your job, and the smartest recruiter on earth. 1:05:46 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we're all about sa passwords, buying software you don't need, our new ringtones, and troubleshooting code errors. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightIWouldYankForMelissa.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 88adeb26-ffb1-49df-980b-7cda0ad9093e Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:00 I would yank for Melissa This week we're all about sa passwords, buying software you don't need, our new ringtones, and troubleshooting code errors. 1:02:11 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here we are on the back of the 2011 MVP Summit, and we're gonna give away some Denali secrets. For those of you who don't know, Denali is the next version of SQL Server, and some of the things we're telling you definitely aren't being talked about at all. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightLeakingMVPee.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 06201c90-67f5-43c5-8167-bf9208770aef Fri, 4 Mar 2011 00:00:00 Leaking MVPee Here we are on the back of the 2011 MVP Summit, and we're gonna give away some Denali secrets. For those of you who don't know, Denali is the next version of SQL Server, and some of the things we're telling you definitely aren't being talked about at all. 55:37 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Our botched commercial, the new Infragistics MVP, resume review and much more on this week's episode. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSimpleModePreventsSTDs.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 2967e8a4-7256-44e8-842f-e977518af712 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 Simple Mode prevents STDs Our botched commercial, the new Infragistics MVP, resume review and much more on this week's episode. 1:05:31 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we're all about sa passwords, buying software you don't need, our new ringtones, and troubleshooting code errors. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightIWouldYankForMelissa.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 339844ef-adc7-4580-91cc-df28dac40fa0 Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:00:00 I would yank for Melissa This week we're all about sa passwords, buying software you don't need, our new ringtones, and troubleshooting code errors. 1:02:11 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Our botched commercial, the new Infragistics MVP, resume review and much more on this week's episode. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSimpleModePreventsSTDs.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c859f950-2010-47ca-8aee-136c6d384a5d Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 Simple Mode prevents STDs Our botched commercial, the new Infragistics MVP, resume review and much more on this week's episode. 1:05:31 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no We talked briefly about Egypt’s revolution, and then got onto the techie stuff: Companies We Love poll results, Un-SQL Friday, King 5 Fingers, Sean’s NetworkWorld blog on Mentoring, a recommendation for the book Code Complete, ITBookworm.com, SSMS Tools Pack, and oh so much more! http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTheyKeptFelons.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 249660c0-b21f-4932-bef1-76af423c5a07 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 They kept felons We talked briefly about Egypt’s revolution, and then got onto the techie stuff: Companies We Love poll results, Un-SQL Friday, King 5 Fingers, Sean’s NetworkWorld blog on Mentoring, a recommendation for the book Code Complete, ITBookworm.com, SSMS Tools Pack, and oh so much more! 1:05:56 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here's the first of a series of backup/restore classes taught at the NTSSUG. This series is meant to cover everything about backups... or at least as much as we can squeeze into 6 sessions. You'll learn how to put together an enterprise backup solution, tune your backups for maximum performance, and manage them across your company no matter how many servers you have. The file used for this class can be found here. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/ProfilerFindQueryTimeouts.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 01aab8cd-d698-499b-8970-a282bb02daa7 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 Find query timeouts in Profiler Here's the first of a series of backup/restore classes taught at the NTSSUG. This series is meant to cover everything about backups... or at least as much as we can squeeze into 6 sessions. You'll learn how to put together an enterprise backup solution, tune your backups for maximum performance, and manage them across your company no matter how many servers you have. The file used for this class can be found here. 8:26 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here we are on the back end of SQLSaturday #57 in Houston. We decided to make a party out of it and bring along Wes Brown and Patrick LeBlanc. We discuss backups, GoDaddy, and Joe Celko. It was bigtime fun. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightYouGotMunkeyLips.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 42e26b0d-8b92-4743-b696-73050b249433 Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 You got munkey lips Here we are on the back end of SQLSaturday #57 in Houston. We decided to make a party out of it and bring along Wes Brown and Patrick LeBlanc. We discuss backups, GoDaddy, and Joe Celko. It was bigtime fun. 1:02:27 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here we are on the back end of SQLSaturday #57 in Houston. We decided to make a party out of it and bring along Wes Brown and Patrick LeBlanc. We discuss backups, GoDaddy, and Joe Celko. It was bigtime fun. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSeanGets69.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 955f4082-b6d1-4834-a147-772d392e7fd5 Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Sean gets 69 Here we are on the back end of SQLSaturday #57 in Houston. We decided to make a party out of it and bring along Wes Brown and Patrick LeBlanc. We discuss backups, GoDaddy, and Joe Celko. It was bigtime fun. 1:02:27 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Here's the first of a series of backup/restore classes taught at the NTSSUG. This series is meant to cover everything about backups... or at least as much as we can squeeze into 6 sessions. You'll learn how to put together an enterprise backup solution, tune your backups for maximum performance, and manage them across your company no matter how many servers you have. The file used for this class can be found here. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BestBackupClassEvar1of6.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell b595a731-98f5-449a-92ed-95658b191e38 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Best Backup Class Evar: 1 of 6 Here's the first of a series of backup/restore classes taught at the NTSSUG. This series is meant to cover everything about backups... or at least as much as we can squeeze into 6 sessions. You'll learn how to put together an enterprise backup solution, tune your backups for maximum performance, and manage them across your company no matter how many servers you have. The file used for this class can be found here. 57:31 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This is probably our best show to date. Not only do we crown a new MVP, but we have so many HUGE gueses you'll slap your mama. This show is just fun and you'll never know who calls in. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightHottubOfBellydancers.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1067c3b2-99ee-43b9-a894-7eb23a801eb4 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Hottub of Bellydancers This is probably our best show to date. Not only do we crown a new MVP, but we have so many HUGE gueses you'll slap your mama. This show is just fun and you'll never know who calls in. 57:27 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This is our New Year's eve episode and we had plenty of fun. There's some good techie stuff in there too. And at the end, we have a very nice surprise with a sledgehammer. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSledgehammerOfJustice.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 52ddccc2-9733-4151-b52d-c50609b69feb Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Sledgehammer of Justice This is our New Year's eve episode and we had plenty of fun. There's some good techie stuff in there too. And at the end, we have a very nice surprise with a sledgehammer. 1:03:02 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no What do you do if you have a set of data and log files you can't attach because the log is damaged? Here I show you a way to attach it, fix it, and get going again. Paul Randall also discussed this in his blog here: Hack-attack a damaged DB http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BackupHackAttackRestore.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 0c3f59dd-5b57-4b76-98d0-10b47e77a339 Wed, 5 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Hack-attak a damaged DB What do you do if you have a set of data and log files you can't attach because the log is damaged? Here I show you a way to attach it, fix it, and get going again. Paul Randall also discussed this in his blog here: Hack-attack a damaged DB 15:37 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Quite often it can be useful to not only get a list of DB sizes, but also sum it up in the last line. This can be useful for estimating backup file sizes, server sizing and more. Here I'll show you a couple ways to sum up DB sizes so take your pick. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellSumDBs.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 25c9a0ff-e346-46d8-b844-c5776da27e45 Tue, 4 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Sum DB Sizes with Powershell Quite often it can be useful to not only get a list of DB sizes, but also sum it up in the last line. This can be useful for estimating backup file sizes, server sizing and more. Here I'll show you a couple ways to sum up DB sizes so take your pick. 08:54 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no I think we had a lot of fun this week. We talked about useless superpowers, rules for presenting to techies, and stuff we got for x-mas... and more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightUselessSuperpowers.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 58ec9a59-b0dd-4e73-a1a1-ac0a731bc328 Mon, 3 Jan 2011 00:00:00 Useless Superpowers I think we had a lot of fun this week. We talked about useless superpowers, rules for presenting to techies, and stuff we got for x-mas... and more. 1:03:02 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we talk about great smells you'd never find in a shampoo, and follow that with a really good discussion on the 24HOP women's edition and compare that to maybe a black or Indian edition, and we unveil a new award. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSmellMyGuitar.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3354f1c4-eb74-4e33-b9d3-7d606b20d5f5 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 Smell my Guitar This week we talk about great smells you'd never find in a shampoo, and follow that with a really good discussion on the 24HOP women's edition and compare that to maybe a black or Indian edition, and we unveil a new award. 1:08:10 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no A user request came in to write something in powershell that would replace sp_MSForEachDB. I took it a step further and showed you how to make it even more flexible for an enterprise environment. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellReplaceMSForEachDB.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 184ef683-c08d-45b1-a14e-c7ae1bd573f3 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:00:00 Replace sp_MSForEachDB with Powershell A user request came in to write something in powershell that would replace sp_MSForEachDB. I took it a step further and showed you how to make it even more flexible for an enterprise environment. 14:15 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no There's just no substitute for a good story and tonight Sean tells one about an interview he just had. We also talk about cluster problems, heaps, and mentos and coke. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightStallSQLLikeAMofo.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell dd8684d2-4982-468a-9c85-85846371b936 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 Stallin SQL like a Mofo There's just no substitute for a good story and tonight Sean tells one about an interview he just had. We also talk about cluster problems, heaps, and mentos and coke. 1:08:10 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no We love talking to Adam. He's such a cool dude and it just so happens that he really knows his stuff too. I had a hard time compiling this vid because something corrupted it toward the end, but I can still give you 47mins of it. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAdamMachanic.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 48836eca-949f-49bd-a7a6-446f2221cbd1 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 Adam Machanic has soft hands We love talking to Adam. He's such a cool dude and it just so happens that he really knows his stuff too. I had a hard time compiling this vid because something corrupted it toward the end, but I can still give you 47mins of it. 47:45 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This is our post-Thanksgiving episode. Today we talk about why Bing sucks, jr. DBAs, and the cloud. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBathrobeBonanza.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3873e3fd-2ba4-4545-a225-150dffbb9d80 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Bathrobe Bonanza This is our post-Thanksgiving episode. Today we talk about why Bing sucks, jr. DBAs, and the cloud. 51:04 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we have Eric Humphrey in the studio and while we get different grooves on, the main topic is sexual harassment. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSexualHarassment.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 70b0a737-cc30-4b5b-825b-52ee43b7a2b8 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Sexual Harassment This week we have Eric Humphrey in the studio and while we get different grooves on, the main topic is sexual harassment. 1:13:16 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This is our show at the end of PASS 2010 and we have Nic Cain in our hotel room. Come have a look while things degenerate into our usual childish antics. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightMerkinGlue.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1202dce4-e938-4fc8-ba99-ac507ad06105 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Merkin Glue This is our show at the end of PASS 2010 and we have Nic Cain in our hotel room. Come have a look while things degenerate into our usual childish antics. 1:04:58 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no We hooked up with Steve Jones of SQLServerCentral.com in an empty ballroom we hijacked the night before PASS. He's so laid back we decided to stay a cuddle for a while after filming. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSteveJones.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1cc9815e-d655-45d0-9e85-9c20b0760a59 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Steve Jones in the House!! We hooked up with Steve Jones of SQLServerCentral.com in an empty ballroom we hijacked the night before PASS. He's so laid back we decided to stay a cuddle for a while after filming. 1:08:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no If you don't know Mark Souza, you should. He's one of the coolest guys we know and one of the smartest guys other than myself you'll ever meet. Mark is the head and the founder of the SQL CAT team at MS. Come see what we were able to get out of him. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightMarkSouza.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell d6c1db5f-372d-4f64-b8d2-1d232c885529 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 The Mark Souza Sandwich If you don't know Mark Souza, you should. He's one of the coolest guys we know and one of the smartest guys other than myself you'll ever meet. Mark is the head and the founder of the SQL CAT team at MS. Come see what we were able to get out of him. 48:10 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Denny is one of our best friends at PASS. We were all so tired that we cut the talk short and meant to get back to it but we never did. Before we left though we did manage to talk about some of the new features announced by MS at the keynote. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightDennyCherry.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell e244c926-8020-4f64-aba5-59598906c84d Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Denny 'Five Fingers' Cherry Denny is one of our best friends at PASS. We were all so tired that we cut the talk short and meant to get back to it but we never did. Before we left though we did manage to talk about some of the new features announced by MS at the keynote. 28:31 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no What can we say about Grant that isn't already in the police report? He's just an interesting guy. Come see us discuss query tuning and Kenpo with Grant. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightGrantFritchey.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3f284945-2287-485f-b71b-1479c7deed82 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Grant Fritchey is our Hero What can we say about Grant that isn't already in the police report? He's just an interesting guy. Come see us discuss query tuning and Kenpo with Grant. 55:18 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoManagementDBs.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 0f8a6ef9-3294-4977-b3da-8b054175d05c Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 No Management DBs I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here. 1:14:43 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightYourFaceOrMine.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell dee3ee7d-34cd-4558-8254-09960345dc7d Mon, 8 Nov 2010 00:00:00 Your Face or Mine? I suppose this is officially our Halloween episode. Come along as we discuss whatever it is we talked about here. 1:05:29 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Sorry, I don't remember what we talked about here cause I'm uploading so late. You'll just have to come see. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhatKindOfPistol.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 7e5fd882-fada-4cf6-926d-47da7a5839a2 Mon, 1 Nov 2010 00:00:00 What kind of pistol? Sorry, I don't remember what we talked about here cause I'm uploading so late. You'll just have to come see. 54:54 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we talk about sex week on MidnightDBA as well as big production problems, crappy vendors, and more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightOlympicCornholing.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 2b9ccb5f-7582-46b8-ba5a-2c4ea0c752bf Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 Olympic Cornholing This week we talk about sex week on MidnightDBA as well as big production problems, crappy vendors, and more. 1:00:57 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week was pure fun as we talked about building clusters, Sean's Scripting Guys article, and whether or not you should rally people to vote for you in a contest. We also talked about many other things including the hit Showtime show Dexter. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTheUnnamedEpisode.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 0d67a639-762e-42e2-8c88-f82829adf367 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 The Unnamed Episode This week was pure fun as we talked about building clusters, Sean's Scripting Guys article, and whether or not you should rally people to vote for you in a contest. We also talked about many other things including the hit Showtime show Dexter. 1:10:46 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we're talking about all kinds of things, the main one being people getting started as speakers and community leaders. There's lots of other stuff I honestly can't remember right now. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPolishingDung.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 78b2be05-a86b-44f4-8001-2f65e7811db2 Mon, 4 Oct 2010 00:00:00 Polishing Dung This week we're talking about all kinds of things, the main one being people getting started as speakers and community leaders. There's lots of other stuff I honestly can't remember right now. 1:10:22 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no I know you guys are just begging for an easy way to monitor your backups and alert when one hasn't been backed up recently. Here's a great way to do it in powershell, and it's easy as pie. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellLastBackupDate.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 8ab610b9-a208-4089-a077-61d78adb0801 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Monitor Backups with Powershell I know you guys are just begging for an easy way to monitor your backups and alert when one hasn't been backed up recently. Here's a great way to do it in powershell, and it's easy as pie. 34:37 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no How would you like to be able to audit your service accounts with powershell so you can tell how many boxes are running on the same account? Well now you can, and it's very easy. Come let me show you how to write a script that you can use to audit all of the SQL service accounts in your environment. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellGetServiceAcct.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 8596c289-b849-467e-b15f-435285b61854 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Audit Service Accounts with Powershell How would you like to be able to audit your service accounts with powershell so you can tell how many boxes are running on the same account? Well now you can, and it's very easy. Come let me show you how to write a script that you can use to audit all of the SQL service accounts in your environment. 00:17:03 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we talk about Freddie bringing our site down, we unveil a new award, and we had a near cornhole of the week. And Jen gets Sean a really cool present. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightSeansManCrush.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 4dbea8d9-327c-4caa-8752-8fe004a9f8b5 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Sean's Man-crush This week we talk about Freddie bringing our site down, we unveil a new award, and we had a near cornhole of the week. And Jen gets Sean a really cool present. 1:05:37 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This was a fun episode. We introduce our new Freddie and talk about all kinds of things like Star Trek translators and Microsoft makes cornhole of the week. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightQuickGettheBedazzler.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell ff9a53b3-4caf-483a-9846-3022e97b0664 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Quick, get the Bedazzler! This was a fun episode. We introduce our new Freddie and talk about all kinds of things like Star Trek translators and Microsoft makes cornhole of the week. 1:14:23 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Our first show of season 2. We catch everyone up on what's been going on since we left and throw in some SSIS discussion and an excellent book recommendation for clustering. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAristocraticCorn.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell bc09bb1c-47e6-4d51-8d79-0e36b4cabf00 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 Aristocratic Corn Our first show of season 2. We catch everyone up on what's been going on since we left and throw in some SSIS discussion and an excellent book recommendation for clustering. 00:17:03 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no We're both SO PISSED OFF!! We did over an hours worth of show and only 30mins got recorded. However, in this 30mins we talked about users dictating processes, speaking the user's language, vendor support and more. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightUserProcesses1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 6971ef1f-bc74-4444-b13b-8396fef20758 Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 User Processes: 1 of 2 We're both SO PISSED OFF!! We did over an hours worth of show and only 30mins got recorded. However, in this 30mins we talked about users dictating processes, speaking the user's language, vendor support and more. 16:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no Part 2 of User Processes. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightUserProcesses2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 838403fa-37af-41f3-93e3-2721da880872 Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 User Processes: 2 of 2 Part 2 of User Processes. 20:19 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell yes no This week we're talking about how to have a conversation with your DBA if he's not performing like he should. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhenToLeaveJob1of5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 5c7162ab-99a0-4a67-bd03-f59f5b4dd643 Sat, 1 May 2010 00:00:00 When to Leave your Job: 1 of 5 This week we're talking about how to have a conversation with your DBA if he's not performing like he should. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of When to Leave your Job. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhenToLeaveJob2of5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3d4ae11d-7740-4686-84bc-504d8c1138f9 Sat, 1 May 2010 00:00:00 When to Leave your Job: 2 of 5 Part 2 of When to Leave your Job. 15:03 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of When to Leave your Job. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhenToLeaveJob3of5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell a389d85a-1e00-48c5-bdc7-a4652186d9f9 Sat, 1 May 2010 00:00:00 When to Leave your Job: 3 of 5 Part 3 of When to Leave your Job. 15:08 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 4 of When to Leave your Job. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhenToLeaveJob4of5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 15dc576e-58a0-417a-8673-4ed2f8158666 Sat, 1 May 2010 00:00:00 When to Leave your Job: 4 of 5 Part 4 of When to Leave your Job. 15:06 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 5 of When to Leave your Job. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightWhenToLeaveJob5of5.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 972341f8-2efa-4547-ad23-d8093390dbd8 Sat, 1 May 2010 00:00:00 When to Leave your Job: 5 of 5 Part 5 of When to Leave your Job. 12:45 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Come see Jen teach beginning T-SQL at SQL Saturday #41 in Atlanta. Her clear explanations of things shorten your time to understand this complicated topic. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SQLSatJenAtlantaBeginSQL.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 29e77763-e421-4012-93a9-af2c8a3b7d36 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Beginning T-SQL: SQL Saturday #41 - Atlanta Come see Jen teach beginning T-SQL at SQL Saturday #41 in Atlanta. Her clear explanations of things shorten your time to understand this complicated topic. 59:20 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Come see Jen teach T-SQL Code Sins at SQL Saturday #41 in Atlanta. You see these huge mistakes in many shops so come take advantage of Jen's vast experience coding in real environments and avoid some of the mistakes she's seen. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SQLSatJenAtlantaCodeSins.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1a7e90a3-e24a-4ff1-8762-6dda48655333 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 T-SQL Codig Sins: SQL Saturday #41 - Atlanta Come see Jen teach T-SQL Code Sins at SQL Saturday #41 in Atlanta. You see these huge mistakes in many shops so come take advantage of Jen's vast experience coding in real environments and avoid some of the mistakes she's seen. 50:49 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This week we have a nice talk about how to handle a DBA who isn't performing like he should (No, not like that!!). We also talk about bad GPSs and other stuff. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightFiringDBAs1of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 12067703-0152-4f77-aaa6-0eb1f014e133 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Firing DBAs: Part 1 This week we have a nice talk about how to handle a DBA who isn't performing like he should (No, not like that!!). We also talk about bad GPSs and other stuff. 15:02 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of Firing DBAs. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightFiringDBAs2of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 58f8275e-d8bd-476d-9c52-347db096e002 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Firing DBAs: Part 2 Part 2 of Firing DBAs. 15:04 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of Firing DBAs. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightFiringDBAs3of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell adb7d877-a06a-41f8-9e6d-8047333e32ab Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Firing DBAs: Part 3 Part 3 of Firing DBAs. 15:04 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 4 of Firing DBAs. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightFiringDBAs4of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell db3b20e4-f78f-4b46-9c5f-c5ce279cd24a Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Firing DBAs: Part 4 Part 4 of Firing DBAs. 15:04 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no While playing with our SQLChickens, we're trying to top the plagiarism video from last week in Redmond. So after messing around a little bit, our main topic this week is when to adopt new features and whether it's more hassle to support them in conjunction with old code or not. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAdoptNewFeatures1of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c94d03f5-43c3-4a17-ad9e-50413b6d03fb Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Adopting New Features: 1 of 4 While playing with our SQLChickens, we're trying to top the plagiarism video from last week in Redmond. So after messing around a little bit, our main topic this week is when to adopt new features and whether it's more hassle to support them in conjunction with old code or not. 15:01 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of Adopting New Features. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAdoptNewFeatures2of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell cca81752-c120-4216-bf78-b0d57f49bcb5 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Adopting New Features: 2 of 4 Part 2 of Adopting New Features. 15:06 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of Adopting New Features. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAdoptNewFeatures3of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3a1fd13b-b75e-4f5b-91ef-d88a1c4e9899 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Adopting New Features: 3 of 4 Part 3 of Adopting New Features. 15:06 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 4 of Adopting New Features. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAdoptNewFeatures4of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell a01d312d-e24f-4956-b4ff-30248f6e1177 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:00:00 Adopting New Features: 4 of 4 Part 4 of Adopting New Features. 10:14 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is a fun one we did in Redmond while waiting for the SQL Server R2 TweetUp event at MS. We're here with Denny Cherry and Jorge Segarra to discuss the plagiarist John Dunleavy who has insisted on stealing material from real writers and authors and passing it off as his own. Come support us in our fight against smarmy little thieves like this. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPlagiarism1of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell e3b3357a-0b56-4087-8972-8dd1842ccba1 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Plagiarism: 1 of 4 This is a fun one we did in Redmond while waiting for the SQL Server R2 TweetUp event at MS. We're here with Denny Cherry and Jorge Segarra to discuss the plagiarist John Dunleavy who has insisted on stealing material from real writers and authors and passing it off as his own. Come support us in our fight against smarmy little thieves like this. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of Plagiarism. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPlagiarism2of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 677cfcd7-fee2-4681-96d9-b02560e0f7a1 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Plagiarism: 2 of 4 Part 2 of Plagiarism. 15:05 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of Plagiarism. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPlagiarism3of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c474b429-5877-43ad-8b96-56cb0226440c Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Plagiarism: 3 of 4 Part 3 of Plagiarism. 15:05 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 4 of Plagiarism. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightPlagiarism4of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 84600ef8-6863-4136-95c8-c6b768f62e70 Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Plagiarism: 4 of 4 Part 4 of Plagiarism. 7:41 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no I'm excited to be able to film this one because it has the potential to save you so much time and effort. I'm showing you how to manage your DB files with powershell so you can change autogrowth, or whatever property you like. This is an extremely effective way to ensure that the DB files on all your servers are setup the way you want. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellManageDBFiles.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c17322a0-79d2-424c-bacd-20c6e6ea3541 Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Manage DB Files in Powershell I'm excited to be able to film this one because it has the potential to save you so much time and effort. I'm showing you how to manage your DB files with powershell so you can change autogrowth, or whatever property you like. This is an extremely effective way to ensure that the DB files on all your servers are setup the way you want. 13:51 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is a nice film with a few good laughs and we also get in our first on-film fight. However, come with us to discuss religion at work and how you should handle someone who insists on trying to discuss it. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoReligionAtWork1of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell bd7fcd05-1270-4797-9d1c-c50c2fd5c169 Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 No Religion at Work: 1 of 4 This is a nice film with a few good laughs and we also get in our first on-film fight. However, come with us to discuss religion at work and how you should handle someone who insists on trying to discuss it. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of No Religion at Work. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoReligionAtWork2of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell eb1cf2d4-e35a-46d3-987f-8587845d025e Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 No Religion at Work: 2 of 4 Part 2 of No Religion at Work. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of No Religion at Work. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoReligionAtWork3of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 6deee5ad-2eb3-4e4a-bcee-64f4a243ff19 Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 No Religion at Work: 3 of 4 Part 3 of No Religion at Work. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 4 of No Religion at Work. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoReligionAtWork4of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 06eb0a35-d32e-49b3-90fd-827ea4a7712f Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500 No Religion at Work: 4 of 4 Part 4 of No Religion at Work. 10:37 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is another fun one for us. Frankly, I really had a good time doing this one. The main topics are sharking someone's stuff and your 1st priorities when you start a new job. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightStuffAuction1of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 2426f4dc-717c-4660-9852-c1fe6493d339 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Stuff Auction: 1 of 3 This is another fun one for us. Frankly, I really had a good time doing this one. The main topics are sharking someone's stuff and your 1st priorities when you start a new job. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of Stuff Auction. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightStuffAuction2of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell a1b4fbc8-74f3-4041-be30-21fc896a333b Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Stuff Auction: 2 of 3 Part 2 of Stuff Auction. 20:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of Stuff Auction. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightStuffAuction3of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 010f2387-f077-4db4-908e-e2f27c0d6b19 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Stuff Auction: 3 of 3 Part 3 of Stuff Auction. 15:15 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here's a level zero introduction to tuning queries. I go over execution plans, sp_help, and clustered primary key indexes. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLExecPlansBeginning.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 058c7de0-5dc5-41bb-a28b-641d14ca8616 Wed, 3 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Beginning Execution Plans Here's a level zero introduction to tuning queries. I go over execution plans, sp_help, and clustered primary key indexes. 11:03 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is a fun vid. Here we talk about resumes. How long should they be? What should you put in them? Should you have it professionally done? We also give away a webcam in this series. In all, I think this is the best one we've done in a while. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightResumes1of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 95f6e4e1-c4d0-4ff9-bafb-4e9ade83eb78 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Resumes: 1 of 3 This is a fun vid. Here we talk about resumes. How long should they be? What should you put in them? Should you have it professionally done? We also give away a webcam in this series. In all, I think this is the best one we've done in a while. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 2 of Resumes. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightResumes2of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell eb73dede-58ff-42f4-b863-3bbc9ffaf3f3 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Resumes: 2 of 3 Part 2 of Resumes. 15:00 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Part 3 of Resumes. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightResumes3of3.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell b0844e95-3a3e-40ad-b32f-0e6a52bf0167 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Resumes: 3 of 3 Part 3 of Resumes. 13:08 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is another one that I just love. We ramble on a bit I think, but overall I think we give some good info on a topic that's often times overlooked. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBreakUpWithBoss1of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 30f46cd6-daf2-4f71-8965-491c53ce003f Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Breaking up with your Boss: 1 of 4 This is another one that I just love. We ramble on a bit I think, but overall I think we give some good info on a topic that's often times overlooked. 15:01 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Forms, puns, my new job... 5:30 We get on How To Break Up With Your Boss Feeling bad for your boss, the company, the project: Feelings fade quickly! 13:20 So how do you break up, then? http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBreakUpWithBoss2of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell b299994f-10e4-4e6b-a148-7be36db6f322 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Breaking up with your Boss: 2 of 4 In part 2: Forms, puns, my new job... 5:30 We get on How To Break Up With Your Boss Feeling bad for your boss, the company, the project: Feelings fade quickly! 13:20 So how do you break up, then? 15:18 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no In part 3: Why I got nervous the day I quit. I mention The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker Sean tells a big secret about his past We learn THE wording to use when leaving a job. We discuss various responses to "Why are you leaving?" Sean's Blue Cross story http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBreakUpWithBoss3of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell c6be7ce9-b4e6-41fe-a9f6-b01e73e4ff73 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Breaking up with your Boss: 3 of 4 In part 3: Why I got nervous the day I quit. I mention The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker Sean tells a big secret about his past We learn THE wording to use when leaving a job. We discuss various responses to "Why are you leaving?" Sean's Blue Cross story 15:15 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no In part 4: Conclusion of Blue Cross story. Exit interviews. Celebrity status. Different ways of leaving a job - the nice breakup, and THE BAD ONE (Jen's story). Things you can do to mitigate a bad breakup Sean's Arcserve story http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBreakUpWithBoss4of4.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell 70a69b9b-eff1-40e7-b497-3a98e7fb4b86 Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Breaking up with your Boss: 4 of 4 In part 4: Conclusion of Blue Cross story. Exit interviews. Celebrity status. Different ways of leaving a job - the nice breakup, and THE BAD ONE (Jen's story). Things you can do to mitigate a bad breakup Sean's Arcserve story 22:01 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no We're back with another DBAs@Midnight. This week we're talking about how companies don't really care enough about their employees to keep them. We also discuss SQL Saturday 35 here in Dallas, and some other stuff. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightCompaniesDontCare.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com Admin, Scripting, Powershell dae41245-0235-41cc-bf11-c9928621ae24 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Companies don't Care We're back with another DBAs@Midnight. This week we're talking about how companies don't really care enough about their employees to keep them. We also discuss SQL Saturday 35 here in Dallas, and some other stuff. 31:35 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no If you don't know Bill, he's on the tools team, so he's the one you talk to when there's something you don't like in SSMS. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBillRamos1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 76a0e862-9efb-4860-96b6-6716bffc63df Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 BI'll Ramos Talks Tools: 1 of 2 If you don't know Bill, he's on the tools team, so he's the one you talk to when there's something you don't like in SSMS. 15:20 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no Part 2 with BI'll Ramos. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBillRamos2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 ac11d114-8b2e-436e-b704-73c7faa710dc Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 BI'll Ramos Talks Tools: 2 of 2 Part 2 with BI'll Ramos. 15:12 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no What can I say, Brian is just the bomb. He has more SSIS knowledge under his fingernails than the rest of us do all over. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBrianKnight1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 325a75cc-4428-42b8-90b3-1157cac6a42e Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 The Early Bird Gets Brian Knight: 1 of 2 What can I say, Brian is just the bomb. He has more SSIS knowledge under his fingernails than the rest of us do all over. 16:39 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no Brian's cute, and brilliant, and he's here for another round. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightBrianKnight2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 1c88dc22-765f-4bd5-840f-61485c003e0f Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 The Early Bird Gets Brian Knight: 2 of 2 Brian's cute, and brilliant, and he's here for another round. 19:34 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no The Tripps are here and one of them is the apple of our eye. Can you guess which one? I think these 2 are the best interview ever. They're constantly laughing, and why not... they get to travel the world together and teach losers like us how to spell DBCC and index. These guys are some of our best friends in the industry and after all this time, I stI'll learn so much from them. So let's give it up for KI'm and her man-servant Paul! http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTripps1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 29fec9f7-012e-4a57-be58-2811b59bad6c Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Paul and KI'm Tripp: 1 of 2 The Tripps are here and one of them is the apple of our eye. Can you guess which one? I think these 2 are the best interview ever. They're constantly laughing, and why not... they get to travel the world together and teach losers like us how to spell DBCC and index. These guys are some of our best friends in the industry and after all this time, I stI'll learn so much from them. So let's give it up for KI'm and her man-servant Paul! 19:29 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no The Tripps are here and one of them is the apple of our eye. Can you guess which one? I think these 2 are the best interview ever. They're constantly laughing, and why not... they get to travel the world together and teach losers like us how to spell DBCC and index. These guys are some of our best friends in the industry and after all this time, I stI'll learn so much from them. So let's give it up for KI'm and her man-servant Paul! http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightTripps2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 97e25e9f-e3d2-4131-a2b4-10e051037a59 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Paul and KI'm Tripp: 2 of 2 The Tripps are here and one of them is the apple of our eye. Can you guess which one? I think these 2 are the best interview ever. They're constantly laughing, and why not... they get to travel the world together and teach losers like us how to spell DBCC and index. These guys are some of our best friends in the industry and after all this time, I stI'll learn so much from them. So let's give it up for KI'm and her man-servant Paul! 17:20 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no Finishing up with Allen White... good times. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAllenWhite2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 72ea4ceb-b166-41df-a02a-1260a0fa9588 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:48 -0600 Get Jiggy with Allen White: 2 of 2 Finishing up with Allen White... good times. 15:58 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no We're here at PASS 2009 in Seattle and we caught up with my friend Allen White. We talked about SQL, and Oracle, and even some of the mistakes we've made while on the job. It was a great time had by all. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightAllenWhite1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 923072f6-f003-41f9-9cbf-e53bae58b903 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:30:35 -0600 Get Jiggy with Allen White: 1 of 2 We're here at PASS 2009 in Seattle and we caught up with my friend Allen White. We talked about SQL, and Oracle, and even some of the mistakes we've made while on the job. It was a great time had by all. 17:11 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no We found Itzik at PASS 2009 and decided to keep him. This is a very informative interview on a number of topics. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightItzik1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 3e2794ba-025d-4781-84d9-67b52350f18e Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 PASS Summit 09 Interview: Itzik Ben-Gan, 1of2 We found Itzik at PASS 2009 and decided to keep him. This is a very informative interview on a number of topics. 15:23 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no Part 2 of Itzik. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightItzik2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 bfc14e51-e1ed-4dfd-abf0-8a18ab61b5be Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 PASS Summit 09 Interview: Itzik Ben-Gan, 2 of 2 Part 2 of Itzik. 20:23 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown AdminDev, Interviews, DBAs At Midnight, PASS 2009 no no OK guys, here we're talking about no moving schema. If you don't know what that is, then watch this and see not only what it is, but what problems it can cause. We also discuss SQL Saturday a bit. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightNoMovingSchema.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 5027b15d-2a76-468c-a521-bf1fd1109edf Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 DBAs@Midnight: No Moving Schema OK guys, here we're talking about no moving schema. If you don't know what that is, then watch this and see not only what it is, but what problems it can cause. We also discuss SQL Saturday a bit. 23:17 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no I give MS a hard time sometimes so I like to give them props when I find something really worth it. And here I discuss 3 new features in Katmai that are mainly for DBAs. They're really cool so pay attention and enjoy. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/KatmaiCoolSSMSFeatures.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin 2a28be31-c628-49b3-8bb9-77510284f762 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Cool New SSMS Features for DBAs I give MS a hard time sometimes so I like to give them props when I find something really worth it. And here I discuss 3 new features in Katmai that are mainly for DBAs. They're really cool so pay attention and enjoy. 10:07 Sean McCown Admin no no Learn how to use the new group server mgmt functionality in the Katmai SSMS. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/KatmaiGroupServerMgmt.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin cfc16b96-e77b-4ed2-b7c7-144349b1f151 Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Katmai Server Group Management Learn how to use the new group server mgmt functionality in the Katmai SSMS. 5:44 Sean McCown Admin no no Disk queues are a mystery for the majority of DBAs. They may know that they need to look at them, but they have no idea what they mean. Here I'll show you how to know what you'relooking at to see when your disk queues are too high. This tutorial doesn't go into how to fix the problem really, it's more just how to diagnose it. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/InterpretDiskQueues.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Performance 93997859-57bb-4f88-9607-d40c5e18d75b Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Interpreting Disk Queues Disk queues are a mystery for the majority of DBAs. They may know that they need to look at them, but they have no idea what they mean. Here I'll show you how to know what you'relooking at to see when your disk queues are too high. This tutorial doesn't go into how to fix the problem really, it's more just how to diagnose it. 9:43 Sean McCown Admin, Performance no no Here I show you how to automatically compress BCP operations with Hyperbac. It's just a cool bonus you get when you do you database backups with this utility. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/HyperbacBCP.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Backup ea20894c-f7ae-4e16-8706-0bcc13e06e37 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 BCP With Hyperbac Here I show you how to automatically compress BCP operations with Hyperbac. It's just a cool bonus you get when you do you database backups with this utility. 9:57 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Backup no no In this video I discuss the init option for the backup command. You'll come away knowing how to use it and what it's for. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BackupwithInit.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Backup a860b10a-c86f-4402-9699-97f17b141aee Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Backup with Init In this video I discuss the init option for the backup command. You'll come away knowing how to use it and what it's for. 6:39 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Backup no no Here we're discussing some ways of keeping your sanity and your confidence when you're out of a job so you can ensure you get that next gig that comes along. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightKeepSanityWhenOutOfWork1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 91c9913e-7936-4f2f-a3cd-97f46cce0405 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Keeping your Sanity when out of Work: Part 1 Here we're discussing some ways of keeping your sanity and your confidence when you're out of a job so you can ensure you get that next gig that comes along. 16:50 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no We're continuing the discussion of keeping your sanity while out of work. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightKeepSanityWhenOutOfWork2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell b3ebc7cc-b46e-431a-96af-778cf87d1381 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Keeping your Sanity when out of Work: Part 2 We're continuing the discussion of keeping your sanity while out of work. 15:13 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Hey guys... here we kick off a discussion about some reasons why you may stI'll not get the job even though you had an excellent interview. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightGoodInterviewStillDontGetTheJob1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 9c2ad895-7fbf-4cc7-bbed-edaeb2fbabb6 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Good Interview StI'll Don't Get the Job: Part 1 Hey guys... here we kick off a discussion about some reasons why you may stI'll not get the job even though you had an excellent interview. 13:23 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no OK, we're just continuing our discussion of having an excellent interview. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightGoodInterviewStillDontGetTheJob2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 177fa3dd-dea5-4d11-a3c8-78c7aa425907 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Good Interview StI'll Don't Get the Job: Part 2 OK, we're just continuing our discussion of having an excellent interview. 14:04 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This one was rather fun because it was another one of those nights when were were both rather punchy. HOwever, amidst all the messing around and backtracking we did manage to talk about something. We talked about managing tasks, moving schema, and give a brief intro to project Madison. I'm sure there's some other stuff in there too but I can't remember everything. Oh yeah, we even touch on SQL upgrade too. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightManagingTasks1of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 8d919844-f01e-490d-97be-44340beb266e Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 DBAs@Midnight: Managing Tasks 1 of 2 This one was rather fun because it was another one of those nights when were were both rather punchy. HOwever, amidst all the messing around and backtracking we did manage to talk about something. We talked about managing tasks, moving schema, and give a brief intro to project Madison. I'm sure there's some other stuff in there too but I can't remember everything. Oh yeah, we even touch on SQL upgrade too. 16:25 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here's the exciting conclusion to the 1st one. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DBAsAtMidnightManagingTasks2of2.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 8fcd72e3-677e-4752-b767-d3422128745d Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 DBAs@Midnight: Managing Tasks 2 of 2 Here's the exciting conclusion to the 1st one. 23:29 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no I love this video because it's so unusual to find something like it in the DBA community. We're quite often called on to do things outside of our direct job descriptions and this is something I have to do a lot. So I'm showing you how to add a user to a Windows group so you don't have to TS into a lot of boxes to add someone. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellAddUserToWindowsGroup.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1bf7a85f-5ccb-490d-b332-f25de7d826f5 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Add User to Windows Group with Powershell I love this video because it's so unusual to find something like it in the DBA community. We're quite often called on to do things outside of our direct job descriptions and this is something I have to do a lot. So I'm showing you how to add a user to a Windows group so you don't have to TS into a lot of boxes to add someone. 13:11 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is a live troubleshooting video. I had an error importing an SSIS pkg so I turned on the camera and worked the issue live for you. A couple of the symptoms are not being able to copy tasks inside Visual Studio and getting an error about not being able to serialize the runtime object. This is one of those cases where at least being exposed to the types of things that can go wrong wI'll help you come up with a solution even when you've never seen a specific error. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TshootSSISPkgImportError.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell f653c061-de4b-4e4e-90c9-9922714ea52a Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Fix SSIS Pkg Import Errors This is a live troubleshooting video. I had an error importing an SSIS pkg so I turned on the camera and worked the issue live for you. A couple of the symptoms are not being able to copy tasks inside Visual Studio and getting an error about not being able to serialize the runtime object. This is one of those cases where at least being exposed to the types of things that can go wrong wI'll help you come up with a solution even when you've never seen a specific error. 4:56 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Sometimes the list of properties and methods is too big to sift through when you do a get-member on an object. Here I'll show you how to cut down the list to a more manageable size so you can find exactly what you're looking for. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellGetSpecificMethod.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 82ee01df-059a-4b65-8c0d-150d603c40e6 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Get a Specific Method in Powershell Sometimes the list of properties and methods is too big to sift through when you do a get-member on an object. Here I'll show you how to cut down the list to a more manageable size so you can find exactly what you're looking for. 3:37 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here I show you 2 easy ways to change the DB compatibility level in powershell. Otherwise you have to use a T-SQL cursor and that's not only much harder, it's just no fun. Trust me... use powershell for stuff like this and you'll be much happier. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellChangeDBCompatLevel.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell ce9c12e7-2231-4b98-b3a0-b872d93d67d0 Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Change DB Compatibility Level in Powershell Here I show you 2 easy ways to change the DB compatibility level in powershell. Otherwise you have to use a T-SQL cursor and that's not only much harder, it's just no fun. Trust me... use powershell for stuff like this and you'll be much happier. 6:02 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here's a ground level intro to grouping, with a lovely 80s arcade theme. This is a reshoot of the original Grouping Basics video (now retired). http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQL_GroupingBasics.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3503c86c-1ef7-41b0-9b44-7b82b83d4f92 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 TSQL: Grouping Basics Here's a ground level intro to grouping, with a lovely 80s arcade theme. This is a reshoot of the original Grouping Basics video (now retired). 10:01 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no server side traces, the benefits, and how to set up, edit, run, and stop a server side trace. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SetupServerSideTrace.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell e5248a8f-07af-4ee9-a430-fe2752b91cb5 Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Setup Server-Side Trace server side traces, the benefits, and how to set up, edit, run, and stop a server side trace. 13:45 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here I show you a couple methods for getting around really hard to read dynamic SQL. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/DynamicSQLwithVars.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, T-SQL 68f3839a-9cfe-4934-bec7-13ae0a34707b Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Write Good Dynamic SQL Here I show you a couple methods for getting around really hard to read dynamic SQL. 14:44 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no I'm going over the basics of how to implement data compression here. I'm not really touching on where and why you�d want to do it, but how to once you�ve made the decision. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/CompressionBasics.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin d5a875a0-e436-4db5-b311-97c33d5560c7 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Compression Basics I'm going over the basics of how to implement data compression here. I'm not really touching on where and why you�d want to do it, but how to once you�ve made the decision. 12:23 Sean McCown Admin no no Here I show you how to setup source control in SSMS and who should and shouldn't use it. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SSMSSourceControl.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell b78dcc1a-c49f-4c29-907b-d9d8e6dbb3af Thu, 3 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Source Control in SSMS Here I show you how to setup source control in SSMS and who should and shouldn't use it. 14:26 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here Jen and I go over grouping sets the only way we can. I hope you guys enjoy us late at night. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLGroupingSets.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 1cf685e9-ad9f-41bd-b2c4-2b3cfe140e7c Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Grouping Sets Here Jen and I go over grouping sets the only way we can. I hope you guys enjoy us late at night. 17:32 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Show how to use OVER and PARTITION BY to get groups of data with aggregation. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLOverPartitionBy.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 3156c482-b133-4086-aa89-0932b52d708e Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 T-SQL: Over() and Partition By Show how to use OVER and PARTITION BY to get groups of data with aggregation. 4:16 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here we show you how to tshoot a specific error in SSIS. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TshootSSISScriptComponentCannotBuildUserComponent.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 175bfc7d-10ec-41f8-8031-f3245508f48f Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Troubleshoot SSIS: "Script component cannot build user component" Here we show you how to tshoot a specific error in SSIS. 2:57 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Learn how to diagnose BCP import problems. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BCPinErrors.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Backup ff7a211f-9fb4-480f-afcf-5c2159f32eb6 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600 BCP in errors Learn how to diagnose BCP import problems. 17:48 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Learn how to BCP data into a table. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BCPin.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Backup 091bcacd-361b-48a7-9810-45f197d5aa17 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0600 BCP in Learn how to BCP data into a table. 5:15 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Learn how to perform basic backups with SQL syntax. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/BasicBackup.mp4 ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Backups 4d754f59-6fa9-47e6-9b84-44b8681aacda Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Basic Backup Learn how to perform basic backups with SQL syntax. 4:05 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Follow Jen as she steps you through 3 progressively elegant solutions for finding the last day of the month. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/TSQLFindLastDayOfMonthQuery.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 55e3ed45-6f8e-4c53-babb-476da2b3b020 Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:34:03 -0600 T-SQL: Find Last Day of Month Follow Jen as she steps you through 3 progressively elegant solutions for finding the last day of the month. 4:16 Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Jen and I sit up very late one night and discuss how do deploy SSIS packages. If you don�t know anything at all about deploying packages or just want to learn a couple tricks, then you�ll love this. Plus we�re tired enough to goof around a bit. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SSISDeployPackages.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell a057ea70-38b2-4657-9a9e-48cb2d07d9a7 Sun, 9 Aug 2009 13:33:33 -0600 Deploy Packages Jen and I sit up very late one night and discuss how do deploy SSIS packages. If you don�t know anything at all about deploying packages or just want to learn a couple tricks, then you�ll love this. Plus we�re tired enough to goof around a bit. 30:21 Sean McCown and Jennifer McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no I just love the topic of this video. Here we show you how to create .NET code with powershell. While we create an .aspx page, you can build any type of .Net object dynamically. Use this process freely because it's just cool and easy and useful and full of awesome! http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellBuildDotNetObjects.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 33d5fc6a-ccc9-4837-b95f-7d621873ed28 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0600 Build .Net Objects in Powershell I just love the topic of this video. Here we show you how to create .NET code with powershell. While we create an .aspx page, you can build any type of .Net object dynamically. Use this process freely because it's just cool and easy and useful and full of awesome! 14:04 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Here I get past the basics of using the Script() method and take you to how to recreate some of the scripts you can create in SSMS by instantiating a scriptingOptions object and passing it to the method. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellScriptDBObjectsWithOptions.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell 16840758-5E25-4670-ABED-42C5CA8067B4 Mon, 1 Dec 2008 10:31:46 -0600 Scripting DB Objects in Powershell (Advanced Topics) Here I get past the basics of using the Script() method and take you to how to recreate some of the scripts you can create in SSMS by instantiating a scriptingOptions object and passing it to the method. 19:55 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no Continuing with PowerShell I thought I�d show you something really cool you can do that would make a difference in your shop right away. So here I'm showing you how to script your tables, etc in PowerShell so you can automate them and add them to your processes. This is an excellent example of how cool and useful this scripting language is. I hope it makes you as excited about PowerShell as it does me. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellScriptDBObjects.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting, Powershell C81652CA-6232-4609-8DCD-705C3583E716 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:13:46 -0600 Scripting DB Objects in PowerShell Continuing with PowerShell I thought I�d show you something really cool you can do that would make a difference in your shop right away. So here I'm showing you how to script your tables, etc in PowerShell so you can automate them and add them to your processes. This is an excellent example of how cool and useful this scripting language is. I hope it makes you as excited about PowerShell as it does me. 21:44 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting, Powershell no no This is a really good video on how to use the RunAs utility in windows. There are several scenarios when a DBA/Dev may need to logon to a program with separate credentials and this takes you a good way to getting there. The process is simple, but it comes with some caveats. I don�t even come close to discussing the whole topic here but like I said, it's an excellent start that takes you past the basics of the right-click. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/RunasMagic.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin 6DE38261-D2DE-4557-870A-7B17605C1694 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:17:41 -0600 Runas Magic This is a really good video on how to use the RunAs utility in windows. There are several scenarios when a DBA/Dev may need to logon to a program with separate credentials and this takes you a good way to getting there. The process is simple, but it comes with some caveats. I don�t even come close to discussing the whole topic here but like I said, it's an excellent start that takes you past the basics of the right-click. 23:58 Sean McCown Admin no no I'm going over the basics of how to implement data compression here. I'm not really touching on where and why you�d want to do it, but how to once you�ve made the decision. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/CompressionBasics.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, Scripting 1E450E66-74E1-40AA-A93B-E0213BB098A5 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:05:55 -0600 Compression Basics I'm going over the basics of how to implement data compression here. I'm not really touching on where and why you�d want to do it, but how to once you�ve made the decision. 12:23 Sean McCown Admin, Scripting no no Here I finally address how to connect to SQL Server from powershell proper by adding the SQL Server snapins. Then I show you how to add them to your profile so you don�t have to add them manually every time you start powershell. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellProfiles.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Dev, Scripting, Powershell 37E1CF3C-27E3-4D25-86E7-3D0AB0C76B94 Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:04:20 -0600 Powershell Profiles Here I finally address how to connect to SQL Server from powershell proper by adding the SQL Server snapins. Then I show you how to add them to your profile so you don�t have to add them manually every time you start powershell. 8:15 Sean McCown Dev, Scripting, Powershell no no Here I continue with the HTML basics video by showing you a better way to do styles. I hinted about this in the basics video so I decided to go ahead and do it. I'll show you the ultimate way to do styles in the next one. All methods have their uses and we�ll get into that sometime too. For now though, just enjoy learning header styles. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/HTMLStyles1.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Dev, HTML 4B510769-489D-4613-9845-6A55BF4E3727 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:41:24 -0500 HTML Styles: Part 1 Here I continue with the HTML basics video by showing you a better way to do styles. I hinted about this in the basics video so I decided to go ahead and do it. I'll show you the ultimate way to do styles in the next one. All methods have their uses and we�ll get into that sometime too. For now though, just enjoy learning header styles. 16:19 Sean McCown Dev, HTML no no After my last video I got some emails saying that not all DBAs already know HTML. So I decided to teach some basic HTML that DBAs can use in their daily jobs. So if you'rea DBA and you�ve always wanted to tackle HTML, don't worry... it's easier than it sounds. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/HTMLBasics.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Dev, HTML D9254B8B-6EF4-4EB7-BE4C-69924EA90ED9 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:40:33 -0500 Basic HTML for DBAs After my last video I got some emails saying that not all DBAs already know HTML. So I decided to teach some basic HTML that DBAs can use in their daily jobs. So if you'rea DBA and you�ve always wanted to tackle HTML, don't worry... it's easier than it sounds. 35:35 Sean McCown Dev, HTML no no Here I show you how to build a script that wI'll BCP an entire group of tables and even log the progress. You can make the routine as simple or as rich as you like. These are the building blocks of such a process and wI'll take you far in your endeavors. There are several techniques taught in this video so pay attention to the details and you�ll come away with a richer knowledge of powershell. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/PowershellBCPOUT.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin, powershell, scripting B45464A0-223B-4520-837A-A2D9C2144E4E Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:19:03 -0500 Building a Powershell BCP Routine Here I show you how to build a script that wI'll BCP an entire group of tables and even log the progress. You can make the routine as simple or as rich as you like. These are the building blocks of such a process and wI'll take you far in your endeavors. There are several techniques taught in this video so pay attention to the details and you�ll come away with a richer knowledge of powershell. 31:21 Sean McCown SQL Server, admin, scripting, Powershell no no Find out 2 ways to tell when SQL Server started. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/WhenDidSQLStart.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Admin ED5C8699-49DE-49EF-AC03-16E3BF3FB8C0 Tue, 7 Oct 2008 22:05:11 -0500 When did SQL Server Start? Find out 2 ways to tell when SQL Server started. 7:21 Sean McCown SQL Server, admin no no I'm actually excited to be able to bring you this video because this is a topic that comes up quite often in DBA circles. The topic is how do you format a nice HTML email that you send through SQL. Being able to return a query as the body of an email comes in handy all over the place. I really hope you guys get as much out of this as I do. http://www.midnightdba.com/Podcast/SPHTMLEmail.m4v ko@kenposecrets.com (Sean McCown) Dev, stored procedure, HTML 4BE4DCB7-7530-4348-B823-EF1A9D55313A Sat, 4 Oct 2008 10:51:30 -0500 Sending HTML SQL Emails I'm actually excited to be able to bring you this video because this is a topic that comes up quite often in DBA circles. The topic is how do you format a nice HTML email that you send through SQL. Being able to return a query as the body of an email comes in handy all over the place. I really hope you guys get as much out of this as I do. 39:42 Sean McCown SQL Server, dev, HTML, email, stored procedure, T-SQL no no