Haunting a Database Near You

Today, we have a special Halloween edition.  For me, Halloween and computer geek go quite well together.  And thinking about it, I wanted to try to better understand if...

Managing SQL Server in a Virtual World (rough) Notes, Thanks to Quest Presenter Jason Hall

Managing SQL Server in a Virtual World Notes (View Complete Slide Show)

Hosted by MVP Kevin Kline, Quest Software

Guest presenter...

Miss SQLBits 9? No problem, all videos are online

All the videos for this popular conference are online or will be soon (48 of them). Take a look at the...

PASS Board Of Elections: Rob Farley

Be Part Of The Solution, Not The Problem
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Now that BoD season is in full swing and I’m not running for...

PASS Summit 2012

Yes, I know you just got back from the 2011 Summit.  Kinda like I just got back from vacation.  But...

Tales from the Query Processor

http://www.flickr.com/photos/socal_jim/2070088596/Hello Dear Reader!  I've been a bit behind on the blogging but wanted to give you a bit of a...

The Showdown

Today we have a guest post from Steve Jones.
I survived SQL in the City in LA, and thanks to everyone...

Two of a Kind

Here’s one that I haven’t run into before. A colleague scheduled a meeting with someone else in the organization to...

Creating a Table Report with Dynamic Columns

Over time, similar reports may be designed from variations of common queries and datasets.  Creating one report to meet all...

Logical CPU, Physical CPU and hyper threading

Those who are fan of Glenn Berry’s DMV queries would have come across below query at-least once.
-- Hardware information from...