Forty Things You Didn’t Know About SQL Server

Last week I delivered a seminar at the Expert Days 2013 event by the name of 40 Things You Didn’t...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #62

Monday afternoon and it’s time for weekly round-up.  If you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout most days I tweet...

NFC Tags-Fun, And Maybe Useful at SQLSaturday

Last week I had one of those days when I read something and then heard someone talking about the same...

Nine T-SQL best practices

SQL Server databases are the backbone of many enterprise applications, and good Transact-SQL (T-SQL) code is the best way to...

Scalzi’s Law of Cleverness, as applied to resumes

John Scalzi (blog, Twitter) – science fiction writer, Hugo award winner, philosopher, and blogger extraordinaire – has an adage that I wish...

SQL Saturday in Ancona and Verona – English slide decks available for download

You can download the english version of my sessions at SQL Saturdays (on SlideShare):
SQL Saturday 257 in Verona: “Put databases...

SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Presentation Given at Vermont PASS SQL Server User Group Last Week

This past Wednesday evening, 11th Dec, I braved the snowy roads down from Montreal to Winooski (Burlington area) to join...

Talk Your Boss Into A Free Lunch and Giveaways!: Day 6

Monday Giveaway!

It's Monday again! I know we all hate Mondays, but let's have a Fun Monday!It's another week to give...

MDX Implementing Logical OR On Members of Different Hierarchies

Reference: MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cookbook  by Tomislav Piasevoli In MDX, when two or more members of the same set are placed on a...

MDX Implementing Logical OR On Members of Different Hierarchies

Reference: MDX with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cookbook  by Tomislav Piasevoli In MDX, when two or more members of the same set are placed on a...