Reblog: October 11 to October 17

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

Time Off

I’m booking vacation. I know I recommend balance, and tell people to take vacation, and that I’m bad at it....

"SQL Server: Bolts to Buzzwords" presentation for the Hammond .NET User Group at Southeastern Louisiana University

One of my favorite groups to speak for (aside from the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group) is the Hammond...

Database Backup Encryption – SQLServer 2014 CTP2

SQL Server 2014 CTP2(All new,shiny shiny !) availability was announced yesterday at #SQLPASS Summit.

Native backup encryption is one of the key...

It Still Happens – Full Transaction Log

Probably the most often asked question on SSC is about full transaction logs, and often full disks. It happened again...

MailChimp Database Synchronisation Process

After giving you the Top 10 Tips when synchronising your database with MailChimp, I thought why not write up the...

Merge outputs of perfmon and profiler to get a great view

There is a way by which we can merge the .trc and .blg files to get a great view as...

PASS Summit

It's that time of year again, the annual PASS Summit is under way in Charlotte, NC!

For those of you who...

PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell

This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it’s my third day here. I have already...

PASS Summit 2013 – Day 3: Query Tuning, Memory Internals, SSIS and PowerShell

This is actually the first formal day of the PASS Summit, but it's my third day here. I have already...