Glenn Johnson is the author of Programming Microsoft ADO.NET Applications - Advanced Topics . He has perhaps more MS certifications than anyone else I know. From the interview: Doug: I am in the process of writing an article on the role of technical books in the overall career development of a software...

Tom Moreau is an interesting guy. Who else in the software business do you know who has an advanced degree in Experimental Space Science? Doug: I notice you have a doctorate. Could I ask what your degree is in? Tom: Officially, it's Experimental Space Science, but before you make any cracks about me...

The Database Geek of the Week is back from vacation! Well, actually, 3 weeks or so in the hospital is not technically a vacation, but you know what I mean. Michael is a Program Manager at Microsoft. Doug: Where in the SQL Server world do you think XML best fits? Michael: I think one of the advantages...

Dave Sussman is an author, trainer, and ASP Insider. He has most recently worked on a book covering ADO.NET and Sustem.Xml in .NET 2.0. From the interview: Doug : What do you think about using VB.NET or C# for stored procedures in SQL Server 2005? Dave : I think it’s an exciting aspect of SQL Server...

Peter DeBetta as an author, consultant and trainer. He knows SQL Server, and he talks about it in my recent interview: Doug : How did you get involved with writing books? Peter : I was teaching a SQL Server 6.5 programming class and someone asked if SQL Server had crosstab abilities. I told the student...

Scott Forsyth has a job that is out of the ordinary for database geeks, but what he does can impact many of us. Scott is the director of IT for ORCS Web, a premier Web Hosting company. Scott is responsible for helping lots of folks keep their hosted sites running. Doug : As someone monitoring a number...

Adam Machanic is this week's Database Geek of the Week. Adam is an independent consultant, as well as a co-author of a SQL Server 2005 book . From the interview: Doug : Have you done much with XML? Adam : I have done a lot more than I like. If you read some of my writing, you’ll understand that I’m not...

Jim Hoffman is the rarest of technical people. After working for a long time as a heavy duty database geek, he was able to move into a management role and continue his success in that arena. So, I guess Jim is a reformed Database Geek. Jim began working with SQL Server really early on, working with the...

PromptSQL is one of those products that you see and say to yourself, "If Damian Mehers can create Intellisense for Query Analyzer and Visual Studio for SQL code entry, how come Microsoft can't?" Don't even worry about the reason, just be thankful that someone built it! Damian Mehers is the Database Geek...

Linchi Shea is an author as well as a SQL Server MVP specializing in SQL Server administration in the enterprise. Here is one of the questions from the interview: Doug : What do you think about possibly using VB.NET or C# for stored procedures, functions and triggers? Especially in the enterprise, how...