Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #99

It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up.  If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...

Painful or Helpful? No SSMS Multiserver Results if One Instance Errors

I've been going back and forth with this question for a few days now.

If one instance in a multiserver query presents an...

Parameterization Part 3: Parameter Sniffing

This is the third post in the “Parameterization” series. In the previous post I mentioned parameter sniffing. This is a...

September 2014 – SQL Server Monthly Maintenance Checklist

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It’s time for a monthly reminder to review you SQL Server environment.  As with anything, just because it appears...

Automated Source Control: A Librarian For Your Database Objects, Part 2

I assume that by now you’ve tried the script from Part 1, and have seen how easy it is to...

Friday Followup For August 29, 2014

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

Reblog: August 22 to August 28

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I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just...

Continuous Integration/Delivery without Testing!

Anything we can do to automate our builds and deployment should be considered. After all, the point isn’t just to...

Dear IT Guy, Why do you hesitate to attend my meetings?

I was attending Microsoft’s on-boarding training last week and one of the managers there mentioned that a lot of IT...

I Didn’t Hyperventilate!

I gave what is officially my second presentation this week. I presented at the Triad SQL BI (Twitter | PASS) user...