Building or Buying a Desktop Based Development and Test Database Server

Back in April of 2011, I wrote a post that compared the merits of using an ancient, but actual rack...

Introduction to XML DML (Part 3) - Using the modify() method: delete

This is the last part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...

Kindle Fire Update

We’ve had two of them since right after the launch and overall I’m pleased. They get used quite a bit...

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...