What they should have told me about being a DBA

2022

TL; DR

A short introduction of the cool tools you need as a DBA today.

Session Details

When I slowly grew into the DBA workfield, i had some idea's what it's all about. But in hindsight, i was quite clueless as to what it really all meant. And more importantly where i could find good, reliable info and what tools i could use to increase productivity
This session should be the session available when i started out in this field. Not to scare me off, but to help me get started.
I'll show you my favorite tools and scripts and what you can learn from them.

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SQL Copilot, what the query is this!? - 2026

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