Increasing database unit tests connection timeout period in VS 2012

Have your ever had a timeout error in a visual studio 2012 unit test like below?

How to get around this...

Parameterization – A quick note on a CSS SQL article

I just finished reading an excellent CSS article, How Simple Parameterization works, which is well written and well worth a...

Popular DBCC's And Our Third Winner Of The Month!: Day 8

Winner Announcement!

The third winner of this month is Annapu Reddy Gayathri! I've seen a nice increase of participants so far. I...

Power BI Q&A Preview Now Live On Your Data

With the recent updates to the Power BI preview and Q&A features added I thought I would do a quick...

Speaking in 2014

I love that I get to travel around and learn from my #sqlfamily. We’re still filling in the majority of...

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SQL Server monitoring and optimization

To optimize the performance of your database, you need to monitor and tune. You determine the performance baseline, how SQL...

Traveling in 2013

It was a busy year for me. As I look back at my speaking CV for 2013, here’s what I...

Using Power Query to Parse your Inbox

One of the nice new features that was added to Power Query with the latest update in December is the...

2014 Event Kickoff

I know that this coming year, 2014, is going to be my best year yet! I’m starting 2014 off with...