I just found out that Michelle Ufford (@sqlfool) has updated her Index Defrag scripts.  Right now she is looking for Beta testers.  Anybody that is interested could find more info at:

http://sqlfool.com/2010/01/index-defrag-script-updates-beta-testers-needed/

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In a previous post, I questioned how much Twitter could really do for me.  After some comments made, and some other blog posts that I have read – I decided to take the dive.

Andy Warren and Glenn Berry, both blogged about their twitter experiences after my last… Read more

In Part I, I discussed some of the peculiarities and troubleshooting done in relation to a peculiar execution plan.  In this post, I will discuss some of what I did to further tune the query.

First, a little more background into the design of this query.  This query uses… Read more

I ran into a peculiarly puzzling situation with a query I have been tuning of late.  The query runs some aggregations and performs a range scan based on a date value passed to the query.  The primary target for this query is to be consumed by reporting services.  The query… Read more

Recently I was asked to alter a report to pull different more meaningful data.  The particular report was pulling data from the datawarehouse.  It had been recently modified to use a stored procedure (and subsequently improved performance 10 fold).  Due to this change, the report started showing differently.  The report… Read more

In a day and age when information abounds and social networking is the only way to communicate (a bit of an exaggeration, I know), it seems to be a rarity when one does not conform.  I just happen to be one of those rarities.

I don’t find the need currently… Read more

Ok, so it’s not until November – but I am leaving on a Jet Plane nonetheless.  It will have been four years since the last time I attended PASS Summit.  This year, my ticket is already punched.

Missing this Conference each of the last few years has stung quite a… Read more

This will be a very short entry.  I just wanted to share a few things  I learned very quickly while prepping for my most recent presentation for SSSOLV (Las Vegas PASS).

First, while doing the slides and testing the SQL, it dawned on me that I could probably… Read more

I was late to the game having discovered the Blog Post the day after entries were allowed.  Despite that, I will trackback to the Adam Machanics Blog Post.  I read the rules and fully understand that it will only count for me having done the exercise and my own… Read more

In Part I, I discussed a couple of scripts that could be used to help discover some vital information about all of the PKs in the database very quickly.  I also delved into a performance analysis of the two queries.

The scripts presented showed a very basic discovery of… Read more

This past week I had the opportunity to have lunch with a vendor at his clients’ site.  As a part of the lunch there is the usual dog and pony show.  Vendors are trying to get you to buy their product after-all.

After this rendez-vous, I have had the opportunity… Read more

Like a lemming in the DBA community, I too am going to post my 2010 goals.  I am looking to create goals that are measurable.

1.  Start a BLOG (that was a goal at the start of the year, and I jumped right on it).

I wanted to realistically try… Read more

Steve Jones at SqlServerCentral.com has created a Blog for me over there at SqlServerCentral.com.  I will be syndicated there and hopefully increase the Blog exposure a little bit.  This being a new adventure (the whole Blog idea), this is a good move for me at this time.  Through Blogging, I… Read more

As a part of my DB documentation process for a large database, I needed a method to quickly show me all of the Primary Keys in the database.  Not only did I want the PKs, but I wanted to know the DataType for each of the Primary Keys.

I began… Read more

I have been pondering over my local PASS chapter and participation.  And more specifically about why I should participate, and to what level should I participate.

Is attendance enough, or should participation include something more?  What are some of the pros and cons of participating in the User Group?

One… Read more