Hyper-V Guests

To what extent should a hypervisor company support other software? Will this have implications for cloud computing, or services used in software? Steve Jones comments.

Insert_Identity Permissions

Despite my joking with Aaron Bertrand on Twitter that his suggestion on Connect got voted down because he’s Canadian, I...

Thanksgiving Bloopers

I'm slow to get this out, but I finally rendered the raw bloopers from November. Enjoy.

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We Are Not a Meritocracy

Today Steve Jones reminds us that talent and technical skills are not necessarily enough to advance your career and that you ought to remember to work on other types of skills that you may want to improve.

Busy Week

It’s going to be a busy week for me. At last count, I had over 40 comments for my T-SQL...

The Low End

Today Steve Jones talks about those products we consider "low-end." Products like Access or VB. Are they a problem for us?

T-SQL Tuesday #13– The Business and Disaster Recovery

I’m hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday blog party, but that doesn’t mean I can’t participate. I posted the invitation last...

iPads for Christmas

There's a contest going on, today through Friday, and you can win a copy of SQL Monitor from my employer...

iPads for Christmas

A contest from Red Gate and Steve Jones could get you a copy of SQL Monitor and an iPad for Christmas. Steve Jones talks about how you can enter, and perhaps win an iPad for yourself this holiday season.

SQL Server 2005 SP4

Last year I submitted a Connect item for SQL Server 2005 SP4. Quite a few people supported this item and...