Once upon a nightmare query, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious part of code, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a hacking, Someone gently hacking, hacking at my network node. “‘Tis some colleague”, I muttered, “knocking at my network node – Only this,” I did decode. Ah, [...]

I recently decided to study for an MCTS in SQL Server 2008 and have looked at a number of books to decide which certification to go for and which book seemed to be best placed to help. Here is a brief summary of my research:- Exam 70-432 – SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance “Microsoft [...]

“What is a Microsoft certification worth?” That seems to be a common question at the moment. Some purists advocate that the cert is becoming worth less because people are using so-called brain dumps to memorise the answers to questions. They say that you shouldn’t get a cert unless you have x number of years experience [...]