Common Table Expressions Are Not Tables

There’s power in naming things. Supposedly some types of magic are even based on knowing the correct names for things....

Understand the True Source of Problems

There’s an old joke that goes, “Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this.” While the person in question swings...

Two Weeks on the PASS Board

The one absolute promise I made about serving on the PASS Board is that I would let you know what...

I Am Grateful For

A while back I wrote about saying “Thank you” to people. Last night I was listening to NPR on my...

Execution Plans, Performance Tuning and Rum

This is me on the last cruise
In just a few more weeks I’ll be setting sail on the first of...

Speaker of the Month: January 2015

I love it that my first post of the new year is going to be Speaker of the Month. I’m...

“Pretty Plans vs. Performance” or “Grant Gets Pwned”

If you get an execution plan that looks like this:

I wouldn’t blame you for immediately thinking about query tuning. Especially...

Speaker of the Month: December 2014

For the month of November I was at the PASS Summit and Live360, so I didn’t get to find new...

Speaker of the Month: November 2014

I have been very remiss in my blogging of late. Apologies.
One thing I haven’t blogged about is Speaker of...

PASS Summit 2014 Speaker Idol

For the first time ever at the PASS Summit, a competition was held to select a speaker for the 2015...