I’ve been working with SQL Server for 10 years and have worked in production with versions 6.5 – 2005 and used 2008 personally.  I know I haven’t seen everything, but a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to look at some stored procedures he was working…

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I had the privilege to attend and speak at SQLSaturday 32 – Tampa this past weekend.  As I said in my event announcement, SQLSaturday is always a good time, and this one was no different.  My wife (yes, I brought my wife and she enjoyed herself, too) and I… Read more

Just a reminder that SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa is taking place this weekend (January 23rd).  This will be my 5th SQLSaturday and 4th as a speaker and every one has been a great event.  As a matter of fact, I enjoy SQLSaturday’s so much that I’m bringing my non-technical wife… Read more

Paul Randal started the latest community chain blog, What three events brought you here?, and I was tagged by Steve Jones (@way0utwest), his post, and Brian Kelley (@kbriankelley), his post. 

I could go a couple of different directions with this:

1. How I ended…

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It seems to me that over the last year or so that there has been an explosion in the use of the term “Accidental DBA” in the SQL Server community.  A google Bing search for “Accidental DBA” returns over 7 million results including blog posts, articles, editorials, and video training. …

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Well, on January 12th OPASS moved into the present by broadcasting our meeting over the internet using Live Meeting.  Our main speaker, the incomparable Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard), was presenting to us from somewhere outside Richmond, Virginia and we had attendees from the Europe to California.

Why did we…

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In the the couple of years I have been involved in the SQL Server community I have noticed that there is an issue with third-party product driven sessions or sponsor sessions at events.  The argument I usually hear against these sessions is that organizers are concerned about the event becoming… Read more

I didn’t have a chance to blog this yesterday (January 11, 2010), but my most recent video, Dynamic SQL Using sp_executesql, was featured on SQLShare yesterday.

It was great as it generated several comments and I was able to take the time to answer them this morning.  I love… Read more

Tonight is the January meeting for OPASS and we have a great schedule for the evening.

Robert Hurwitz a developer for the Florida K-12 online public schools will be doing a mini-presentation on Automating Index Maintenance from 6:15 to 6:30 and out main presentation will be by Andy Leonard (@AndyLeonard)… Read more

I recently finished reading the Apress book SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam.  I consider Grant to be a personal friend in addition to his being one of the top SQL Server experts.  I have not had the opportunity to meet Grant’s co-author, Sajal…

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It’s time to make a list of things to shoot for in the year ahead.  I did okay on my 2009 goals, but I hope to do better this year.  There is a new blog chain started by Tom LaRock (@SQLRockstar) for goals and a theme word…

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