Andy Warren

I'm Andy Warren, currently a SQL Server trainer with End to End Training. Over the past few years I've been a developer, DBA, and IT Director. I was one of the original founders of SQLServerCentral.com and helped grow that community from zero to about 300k members before deciding to move on to other ventures.

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MS, kill Begin/End!

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

It's funny - sorta - how you become used to the quirks of the tools you. I try not to rant too...

2007-11-29

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The DBA Routine

by Andy Warren

SQLServerCentral.com

Career Growth

What's the routine of a normal DBA job? Too many people work alone and don't get feedback or comments on what they should be doing from other DBAs. Andy Warren has jotted some notes down on what you should make sure is a part of your job.

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2007-11-29

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Discuss

Why Don't People Go to Free Training?

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I was having this discussion recently with Shawn Weisfeld, President of ONETUG and it's definitely a frustrating topic. As a...

2007-11-28

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Community Search vs Brute Force Algorithms

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

I was reading an interview with Jimmy Wales (the Wikipedia guy) in Selling Power magazine (I have ecletic reading preferences...

2007-11-26

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Google CIO and IT Strategy

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

CIO Magazine has a interesting article about Douglas Merrill, the CIO of Google. One of the things he dicusses in...

2007-11-26

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Buying a New Cell Phone

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

For the page 10 months or so I've been using a Samsung Blackjack, before that I used various Blackberries for...

2007-11-21

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Logging Server Reboots - What the Heck MS?

by Andy Warren

SQLAndy

Maybe someone at MS can explain this; they have that nice dialog that comes up after a reboot where you...

2007-11-21

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SQL Saturday

by Andy Warren

SQLServerCentral.com

User Groups

The SQL Server community has a new event to attend in local markets. The Orlando Users Group put on SQL Saturday recently and here's a short look at how this event came about, and how you might run your own event.