Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may not have seen back to the forefront.  As with many technology blogs, just because a post is old, doesn’t mean it doesn’t still have value.

Some posts from… Read more

Earlier this month, I passed the seven year mark at Digineer.  It was a weird feeling, since the last time I reached this mark with anything, I got divorced.  And it seems, I’m repeating the pattern.  As of September 20, I will be leaving Digineer.  I think this may… Read more

Wouldn’t it be nice if failure was an option?  You could go along in life, screw it all up and then do a little shake and get a do-over.  Well, it seems when it comes to Microsoft certification exams, they are offering just that.

Microsoft Learning has announced that the… Read more

It appears that I signed up to speak at the San Diego SQL Saturday coming up this weekend.  I knew that I had signed up for something, but I thought it was a treasure hunt for Carmen Sandiego.  I’ve always wondered where in the world she is.  And it seems… Read more

This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective dynamic management objects.  You can find a list of all of the deprecated views in the introduction post.

The compatibility view sysdevices returns one row for every named… Read more

As I sat around this past weekend I was left wondering… am I missing any good blogs out there?  With my tablet and e-reader skills reaching new highs, I’ve been able to easily catch up on all the blogs that I follow.  If you aren’t using your table to read… Read more