Fargo SQL Saturday (#SQLSat175) Schedule Is Up

It’s just coming up in just a few more weeks… this is the first SQL Saturday in Fargo.  North Dakota...

It’s a Lineup at SQL Intersection

I got this image in the mail recently, and it made me laugh. It looks like a police lineup, perhaps...

Learning By Doing

I was recently talking with a friend about doing some research into a NAS solution for home and that I...

Macbook Air v Surface Pro

I love my MacBook Air. It’s small, light, and it works well as a traveling laptop for me. It starts...

MDX #28– Time functions will not work with subquery

I had a post last month, MDX #25 – Slicer or Sub-Cube?, verifying that the query context did not change with...

Reblog: March 15 to March 21

Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...

Why I’m Considering a Surface and Windows Phone 8

Anyone who knows me will see the title of this post and tell you I’m about to trash the Surface,...

A Second March ‘Index Analysis’ Update

After this month’s Index Analysis update, I was contacted by a reader about the index analysis script.  Reader Dick Baker let...

CU3 for SQL2012 SP1 – Couple of interesting hotfixes.

Here comes CU 3 (Build 11.0.3349.0.) for SQLServer 2012 SP1. You can download the same from

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2812412

Similar to CU2 there...

Cumulative Update – 3 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !

The 3rdcumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 3 contains all the...