Planning for Failure

Today Steve Jones reminds us that the small disasters are likely to occur, and that you need to be sure that you're planning for them, and practicing for the recovery that will be needed.

Common SQL Server Mistakes – Indexing Every Column

If one index helps speed up queries, than more indexes should help more, right? They do, but they also come...

Grabbing SWAG

It’s getting close to the time for the SQLServerCentral party events this fall, and time to start gathering up SWAG...

Hot Skills

What are the hot skills for 2011? Steve Jones talks about one that you might not have thought about.

SQL Saturday#52 – Colorado Recap

This past weekend was the first SQL Saturday in Colorado, and it went very well. I think everyone enjoyed it,...

Can Wives Shorten Work Hours?

This editorial was originally published on Jun 23, 2005. It is being reprinted today as Steve is on vacation. It talks about the impact of long hours on families.

People are talking about you

I was listening to a friend give a presentation on getting a job recently. In the presentation, Chris Shaw, the...

A day of rest

Not quite a day of rest, likely some chores in advance of another busy weekend at the ranch.
I’m taking today...

Food Drive

Don’t forget the food drive tomorrow for SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado. Please bring food, or even clothing/blankets, that can...

Common SQL Server Mistakes – Multi Row DML Triggers

How often have you seen someone write a DML trigger like this:
createtrigger mytrigger on Mytable forinsertas

declare @id int
select @id = id...