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Midnight DBA

Sean McCown and Jen McCown

Tutorial videos and our live weekly webshow, DBAs@Midnight, from the MidnightDBAs. Here we focus on SQL Server and Powershell, but we cover all things related to DBAs.

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All Episodes

1:06:10

Goodbye Chef

Midnight DBA ·

2012/02/03

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.

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52:26

Sean's Pretty Hands

Midnight DBA ·

2012/01/27

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.

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1:04:08

NCC-1701-DBA: 1 of 6

Midnight DBA ·

2012/01/19

This is the first of a series to teach you how to think like and become an enterprise DBA. The skills and the mindset are different when you're managing hundreds of servers.

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1:04:00

Jen's Milkshake

Midnight DBA ·

2012/01/13

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.

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1:06:19

Forced Reboot

Midnight DBA ·

2012/01/06

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.

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5:02

Best Habit for Coders

Midnight DBA ·

2012/01/01

There's a step you can make in your code to improve it many times over. It's an easy step to take, but it can make all the difference. You shouldn't overlook this step so come learn how to make all your code tons better.

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6:33

Querying Dev Metadata

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/31

Sometimes you need to get info on objects you've created. Here you can see how you can query for this info, and even learn a cool trick for greatly simplifying the process.

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57:22

DBAs of Our Lives

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/30

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.

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1:00:49

Xmas Special

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/23

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.

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1:00:48

Bring in the Nerds

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/16

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.

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56:59

STOP!!!

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/09

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.

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1:02:56

It's Being Mailed

Midnight DBA ·

2011/12/02

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.

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1:08:06

SOPA Sucks

Midnight DBA ·

2011/11/18

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.

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58:24

Stop Looking at Me

Midnight DBA ·

2011/11/11

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.

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1:00:27

Sexy Hat Night

Midnight DBA ·

2011/11/04

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.

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1:01:27

Campfire Stories

Midnight DBA ·

2011/10/28

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?

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1:03:48

Slightly Used Interview

Midnight DBA ·

2011/10/21

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.

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41:53

We LOVE Mark

Midnight DBA ·

2011/10/13

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.

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38:42

Itzik Rules

Midnight DBA ·

2011/10/13

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.

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4:02

Change Users Password

Midnight DBA ·

2011/08/29

Users don't need special permissions to change their own passwords, but there is a minor trick to it. Here I'll show you 3 ways that ordinary users can changed their own passwords without any elevated privileges.

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