Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2012: an Improved Embedded Optimisation Gizmo for the Thrifty DBA

Waaaay back in December ‘08, after having spoken briefly at SQL teach here in Montreal thanks to MVP Paul Nielsen...

Avoid Database Restore Issues (Errors 3219 or 3514) by a Simple Script Edit - the DB Restore Work-around

Starting with the 1000 foot view: During the process of applying changes to a production database - let's call it Change...

Rules of Thumb in Physical Database Design
I am starting my first post in my blog of tuning the physical database...

1 year old sandwich

It's been an interesting day. It was the 1 year anniversary of SQLSandwiches today. It was also my last day working...

Gardens and Scarecrows

A few weeks ago I started clearing space for a small garden. Tedious work due to the area of the...

Help I'm not Sysadmin!

I am currently working on some client servers to upgrade multiple SQL 2008 R2 Express instances to 2008 R2 Standard. ...

I’m Not a Bozo!

Something fun for Friday, this was a gift from the client I work with to lighten things up and do...

March #Meme15 – Facebook

It’s the early morning of the 16th, and time to write my #meme15 post.  Remember, these are due on or...

Re-blog – March 9 – March 15

Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...

SQL Roundup – 03/16-2012

Howdy! I was flying last week, and for the first time i sat facing a flight attendant. You don’t actually...