Avoiding Bad Query Performance

There’s a very old saying, “When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.”
And my evidence today is:

That’s certainly not...

Meme Monday: Deadlines

Tom LaRock (blog|twitter) has assigned an interesting topic for Meme Monday this month, working with deadlines.
Some people hate deadlines. Some...

Learning, Networking & Wine

Let’s say, you want to spend a couple of days learning about SQL Server. You also want to spend some...

Tech on Tap v1.1 Wrap-up

The first ever Tech on Tap event was held on Saturday, January 27th, 2012 at the Stone Cellar Brewpub in...

Execution Plans, What Do I Look At?

The question came up, what are the top 3-5 things that you look at in a query. I realized then...

Deadlock Monitoring

There are four different ways you can get information about deadlocks in your system. These are:
traceflag 1204traceflag 1222trace eventsextended eventsFor...

Stop PIPA & SOPA

I’m not going to black out my blog, because, let’s face it, who’s going to notice? But for all six...

Database Backups: Things You Need To Do Now

I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know.
Wait a minute, haven’t you written...

Friday SQL Nugget #1

Gee thanks Jes (blog|twitter). Just what I wanted, a little extra work on a Friday afternoon. I used to like...

PASS Summit 2012 Evaluation Results

I say it all the time because it’s worth repeating, feedback is a gift. Good, bad or indifferent (well, not...