Meme Monday - Working with Deadlines.....

 Hi, all!  It's been a while, since I posted a blog entry, and is directly related to today's Meme Monday...

Meme Monday: Deadlines

Tom LaRock (blog|twitter) has assigned an interesting topic for Meme Monday this month, working with deadlines.
Some people hate deadlines. Some...

SQL Rally 2012 Vote For Me!

Hello Dear Reader!  Last year I tossed my hat in the ring on the world of Presenting.  This was a...

Why Every DBA is a Clown

It’s late, really late and you’ve got a mountain of work to get through to meet the deadline. To add...

A Script A Day - Day 5 - Database Owner Permissions

Today's script will list all principals with membership in the db_owner fixed database role.

/*      -----------------------------------------------------------------       Database Owner Permissions      -----------------------------------------------------------------            For more SQL resources, check...

SQL Express and the Curse of the Perfmon Counters

On a dark and spooky night in the land of SQL Server make-believe, a young warrior was asked to slay...

Thread Synchronization/Locking In .Net

When you are creating multiple threads that need to access a shared resource then you need to implement some form...

A Script A Day - Day 4 - Estimated Time Left

Today's script allows you to keep track of how long left a statement has before it completes.  I find this useful...

Dundas Dashboard – My observations

Dundas Data Visualization Inc, is well-known to SSRS developers. Microsoft had earlier acquired their SSRS controls (Charts, Gauges & Map) and integrated...

List SQL Server Instances using Powershell and Get-ItemProperty

This post explains how to list SQL Server Instances installed on the current server, using the Powershell Get-ItemProperty Cmdlet.
The Get-ItemProperty...