Brad Corbin

Hello, SQL World!

I had intended to dive fully into this SQL blogging thing at the beginning of September, so I would have tons of contest-eligible entries at http://sqlserverpedia.com. Unfortunately, life got in the way, and its been a bit of a crazy month. Hopefully a few relevant blog entries will get me at least a chance in the PASS drawing coming up extremely shortly…

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to SQLServerPedia, Quest Software, and especially Brent Ozar for hosting, setting up, and configuring this WordPress Blog. Thanks, Brent!

A little about me: I’ve worked with SQL server for roughly 6 years or so. I’m currently employed as a full-time DBA for a medium-to-large company in the St. Louis, MO area.  I’m privileged to be part of a larger team of talented DBAs, maintaining several thousand databases on several hundred separate SQL servers. We support a mix of SQL 2000, SQL 2005, and SQL 2008, but it seems to be the 2000 servers that require the most attention, so you’ll probably see my postings reflect that.

You can find me as BradDBA on Twitter ,  BradC on StackOverflow.com, and  BradC on ServerFault.com

My avatar is a combination of M.C. Escher’s Eye and M45, The Pleiades cluster (slightly less creepy than the original skull).

The avatar originated with my involvement with CloudyNights, a telescope/stargazing/astronomy discussion board, and the Offical Discussion Board for the International Year of Astronomy!