Using sys.objects When Scripting Permissions? You're Missing Something!

I suspect most DBAs have a script in their T-SQL toolbelt which scripts out database permissions for a specific user...

Announcing the SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan

You are a developer and/or DBA and want to learn in a very compact way the essential things about performance...

Blockades and ladders to learning new tech

It’s been a long time since I’ve been a true newbie to a technology. There are plenty of things I...

Cumulative Update – 15 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !

The 15th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft...

Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !

The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 8 contains all...

Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator

Reflect before you leap into action.
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

If you read nothing else, read these 10 articles from HBR’s most influential authors: 1) “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive...

Installing VMware vCenter 5.5 on Windows Server 2012R2

Recently I encountered a small glitch while trying to install VMware’s vCenter 5.5.0b Server on a new VM with Windows...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #69

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

Negative session_ids

I probably had the most fun all week when a query I was running came up blocked. Sounds strange right?...