HDInsight, Finally

See this:

That’s right. The install worked. All I had to do was get a completely clean server set up. No...

Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #9

Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading.  Since they all come out through out...

Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysprocesses

This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...

MDX #22 – What to use for explicit sorting on dimensions

I often think that I am lucky to work in a profession that I enjoy very much. It makes everything...

MDX #23 – “Hello World!” Lesson in MDX

Almost every tool we learned has some sort of “Hello World!” tutorial lesson.
So here comes the “Hello World!” lesson in...

OT: Space Exploration and the Future of Humanity

I am old enough to remember watching the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 as a young child. Before and after...

Power View and Reporting Services

There has been an active discussion thread on Chris Webb’s blog about the similarities & differences between various Microsoft BI & reporting...

Speaking at Oracle Training Days

A first for me. I’m attending a non-SQL Server event, trying to bring a little knowledge of my platform to...

SQL Server Training in 2013

Unbelievably it is December already and 2013 is fast approaching. With the Christmas break fast approaching now is the time...

SQLOS Basics - Query and CPU

In this article We are going to understand the basics of SQLOS - CPU scheduling.
In high level:
1. When an user connects to SQL...