Bringing Together Databases, Virtualization and Storage

A few weeks ago Bala Narasimhan from PernixData and I recorded a short conversation where we discussed the tips and tricks...

Dear Vendor: Keep My Information Secure

Dear vendor:
Dear Vendor: Keep My Information Secure
If you’re reading this, we have done business together, either directly or indirectly. You...

SQL SERVER Interview Questions

All you who wants to pursue professional life as  SQL SERVER DBA, its always hard to crack the interview . But...

Thanks for the Help with Deadlocks

It's time to start blogging again. And for my first post in a very long time, I mainly want to...

BIML is better even for simple packages

BIML, you either love it or hate it - either you use it to totally generate hundreds of packages or a...

Free Your Mind. Release Your Inner Developer

I have always liked the drawings done by MC Escher.  Looking at his drawings has always forced me to look...

PASS Elections and Verifying Account

It is that time of the year when PASS starts a process to help update memberships and clean up duplicate...

PSA: Update Your PASS Profile

I got my annual two emails from the PASS organization with the notification to update my profile to vote. I’m...

Putting Your Head in the Clouds 2 –Advantages and Disadvantages of Cloud Solutions

By David Postlethwaite

If you are thinking about using Cloud Computing then it’s worth considering the pros and cons.
Advantages of...

Using PowerShell to Export SQL Data to CSV. How well does it perform?

So here we are at week 4 of the #SQLNewBlogger challenge. Earlier in the week I responded to the following...