The New Phone Book Is Here!
I can’t help it. I get really terribly excited when I publish a book. Maybe it should be old hat....
2012-06-27
1,611 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Problems with my new book
First off, I apologize. As if writing a book wasn’t hard enough, now we get new problems because of on-demand...
2012-06-26
836 reads
PASS Summit 2012
I sure hope you’re planning on attending the PASS Summit this year. If you’re not, you might want to reconsider....
2012-06-19
789 reads
PASS Nomination Committee
For some reason, which isn’t completely clear to me, we’re voting for part of the members of the Nomination Committee...
2012-06-13
813 reads
How to Drop One Plan from Cache
While presenting this weekend at SQL Saturday #117 in Columbus, OH (great event, if you missed it, you missed it),...
2012-06-07 (first published: 2012-06-04)
3,329 reads
Guest Blog
I was given the opportunity to put together a guest blog post for the MVP blog. I did a little...
2012-06-05
943 reads
Never, Ever Use Clustered Indexes
This whole concept of the clustered index as a foundational structure within SQL Server is just plain nuts. Sure, I...
2012-05-31
2,369 reads
Never, Ever Use Clustered Indexes
Today we have a guest editorial from Grant Fritchey that might surprise you. Today Grant talks about clustered indexes in your tables.
2012-05-31
977 reads
Rolling out Windows 8 Client: First Impressions
A virus found it’s way on to my system through a trojan horse, past all the security & anti-virus software. I...
2012-05-28
1,040 reads
Is Dynamic T-SQL a Good Design Pattern?
In a recent discussion it was suggested to me that not only is dynamic T-SQL useful for things like catch-all...
2012-05-21
1,279 reads
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My Social Media Rules
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