Whitelist a Set of IP Addresses in SQL Server

Blacklist vs Whitelist
Are you on the Whitelist?
I think just about everyone is familiar to some degree with the concepts of...

Creating a Matrix Infographic in SSRS

With “Matrix Infographic” I simply mean those infographics FiveThirtyEight (site | Twitter), the website of statistic revelation Nate Silver, uses to...

Examining OLEDB waits

On our adventure through the various types of wait statistics we end up at another popular wait type: OLEDB.
In this...

Examining OLEDB waits

On our adventure through the various types of wait statistics we end up at another popular wait type: OLEDB.

In this article we...

Free Ebooks From Microsoft

Probably you’ve heard about it already, but a quick post just in case – you can download a 100 or so...

Friday Followup For July 11, 2014

It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...

Notes from the July 2014 ONETUG Meeting

Rained as I left (early) for the meeting, confirming again why I always leave early – stuff happens (in Orlando, rain...

Reblog: July 4 to July 10

Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...

Speaker of the Month, July 2014

Another month another bunch of great presentations. I almost don’t want to do this any more. It’s hard. I sit...

"What You Need To Know About Being a DBA and What You Need To Know That You Don’t Know Yet"

Last night was a big success for the first annual Baton Rouge User Groups Networking Night, an all-user-groups invited event...