Find the version of the Master DB from a backup

Try researching recovering the master database online and you will see countless references to having to have SQL at the...

How to set the default replication agent profile

Over the last couple of years I've come to the conclusion that the default replication agent profiles just don't cut...

Improving cube processing time

As your SSAS cube gets bigger, cube processing time will become a problem.  This is especially true as more and...

Notes from 'Putting a Better SQL Server in Production' - the Ideal Pre-Prod checklist from Robert L. Davis

 
Last week, I sat in on Putting a Better SQL Server in Production - this is an ideal pre-prod checklist from...

Nothing Changes If You Don't Volunteer

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Hello Dear Reader, last time on Day's of Our Lives there was an election, some people resigned, and other's...

So then, what’s the definition of an object……..?

Not blogged for a while due to client and project commitments but something which has surprised me when speaking with...

SQL Saturday #104 Colorado Springs, CO

Janet, my girlfriend, and I went to Colorado Springs a day early, Thursday, to ski on Friday before SQL Saturday...

Venting Frustration

We as DBA’s face an ever growing list of things to do and services to support.  We work in high...

Windows 8 Easy Refresh?

I saw this write up about the built in ability to both restore to factory settings as well as just...

Windows Phone 7 and epic efforts to publish applications

Reblogged from betim drenica's blog:

There is plenty of time I am developing applications for Windows Phone and… tools are great...