DBAs@Midnight by MidnightDBA

DBAs@Midnight

There's a lighter side to SQL.

We have a webshow that is becomming a world event and everyone who's anyone is dialing in to watch us. Seriously though, we have a lot of fun and we talk about topics from the SQL Server community, work, and the like. We talk about interviewing too. And in fact many times we perform skits around the horrible interviews we have.

We also have some good tech discussions about all aspects of SQL and IT in general.

We're in the middle of Season 3.

Come watch the live taping at webshow.MidnightDBA.com.

A new episode airs LIVE every Friday @11pm CT.


	Fake Projects for Steve Date: 03/16/2012 Length: 1:08:24 We're back and on the tail of Sean's plague. This week we've got some fabulous stuff. Jen does a demo of FileTable in Denali, and Sean has a couple nice rants. We talk about a vendor who wants Sean to just shut up and do what he's told, and a great skit about disk space. We're feeling good this week so come join in the fun.
	MVP Summit 2012 Date: 03/02/2012 Length: 1:03:57 Well, we're here at the MVP Summit in Seattle. We stole a conference room at the hotel in the middle of the night to bring this show to you.
	Yet here we are Date: 02/10/2012 Length: 1:00:29 We've got a fabulous debacle with ShrinkDB as well as a nice powershell to add users to a bunch of servers. There's a lot more too.
	Goodbye Chef Date: 02/03/2012 Length: 1:06:10 This week we say goodbye to one of our favorite characters. We also have a great demo on data-driven subscriptions in SSRS and talk about security and lots of other stuff. Another great show in the can.
	Sean's Pretty Hands Date: 01/27/2012 Length: 52:26 Tonight we have a very big announcement and we catch poor Itzik by surprise with it. We also have a quick ceremony and afterwards we discuss cluster disks, and we have a big discussion about sa rights and the people allowed to have them.
	Jen's Milkshake Date: 01/13/2012 Length: 1:04:00 Tonight we have all kinds of good stuff. We start by paying off a lost bet, and then we talk about snapshots, form emails, and a guy who was told to stop teaching his co-workers and just do his job.
	Forced Reboot Date: 01/06/2012 Length: 1:06:19 This week brings a fabulous interview skit, a nice rant, and a discussion on MVP awards. We also talk about another bad vendor call and much more. This is our first show of the year so we're kicking it off strong.
	DBAs of Our Lives Date: 12/30/2011 Length: 57:22 It's New Year's Eve and we're having some fun. We've got a big puppet show, a good rant, and a couple awards.
	Xmas Special Date: 12/23/2011 Length: 1:00:49 This is a xmas blowout like no other. We have our Itzik tree and we do an elf interview as well as some very naughty gifts to exchange. This is probably one of our more vulgar episodes, so be prepared for some bad language. It's all good clean fun though so come have a xmas ball with us.
	Bring in the Nerds Date: 12/16/2011 Length: 1:0048 A fabulous show this week. We have Denny Cherry, and we use him to talk about the new SOPA bill debates going on in congress right now. We're also big fans of his security book. Come join the fun, but remember, when Denny's in the house language goes out the window.
	STOP!!! Date: 12/09/2011 Length: 56:59 This is a special election episode. We have 2 guests campaigning tonight. We have one trying to go up into space, and on trying to get on the PASS board. And we also talk about critical stop madness and an excellent discussion on resumes.
	It's Being Mailed Date: 12/02/2011 Length: 1:02:56 This was such a fun week. We talked about a ridiculous sa password breech, answered a great question from viewer email, a silly query problem, and much more. We had a good time.
	SOPA Sucks Date: 11/18/2011 Length: 1:08:06 We have a wonderful show this week. Jen actually has a rant, we talk about SOPA and how bad it sucks, and we recount a nice yelling match. There's also lots more including .Net guys, and a great discussion on 5-9's.
	Stop Looking at Me Date: 11/11/2011 Length: 58:24 This was a fun episode where we talk about IT guys spooning for questions, connection troubleshooting with telnet, and how much we hate SQL Workshops.
	Sexy Hat Night Date: 11/04/2011 Length: 1:00:27 Tonight we talk about the best way to make sure you get training, cross-pollination in IT, and SLAs. There's more that shouldn't be missed so don't miss a word of our cutting wit.
	Campfire Stories Date: 10/28/2011 Length: 1:01:27 Welcome to our Halloween episode. We start off with some scary stories and then get into a number of great topics. We talk about a new MCM, we trade rants, and finally we ask the question: How long do you deal with not getting a decent raise?
	Slightly Used Interview Date: 10/21/2011 Length: 1:03:48 Leave it to us to bring you all the big scoops. We kick things off with a great story of a training company trying to sue conference speakers, and then bring you a big announcement from one of the great SQL authors of our time on his new HA book. And before you ask, yes there's more. We unveil a new award and have a great interview. This show isn't to be missed.
	Itzik Rules Date: 10/13/2011 Length: 38:42 PASS Special: What can I say... every time we talk to Itzik, he shows us why he's one of the best. He's so composed, and such an experienced teacher, that we both just sit there in awe. Itzik really is the man and we got him for you again.
	We LOVE Mark Date: 10/13/2011 Length: 41:53 PASS Special: We make sure we talk to Mark Souza every year at PASS. If you don't know who Mark is, he's in charge of several groups at MS including SQL MVP and SQLCAT. He even founded both of those programs. So yeah, he's not only a big deal, but he worships us and does whatever we say.
	P.I.O. Date: 08/01/2011 Length: 57:21 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.
	DBCC FixProblems Date: 07/22/2011 Length: 1:01:15 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.
	The Reverse Godfather Date: 07/15/2011 Length: 1:07:59 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.
	Season 3 Opener Date: 07/09/2011 Length: 1:02:34 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.