PASS Summit 2011 Session Materials

I’ll be posting a summit wrap-up after I return next week from my honeymoon.  Until then, though, I wanted to...

Slides and Sample code: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest 2011

Here's my official blog page for my presentation on SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's from the Houston TechFest...

SQL WAIT TYPE – OLEDB and how to reduce it

SQL Server Books online defines the OLEDB wait stat type as “Occurs when SQL Server calls the SQL Server Native...

Summit Sessions Day 2

Day two of sessions only had me attending three sessions.  One of them was 3 hours.  I started out after...

Summit Sessions Day Three

I started out day three after the keynote by attending Adam Machanic session on Query Tuning.  I must say that...

Wow,
It’s the last day of the 2011 PASS Summit. I can’t wait to get some sleep on the plane tomorrow.

Wayne...

2011 PASS Summit–Report #3

Friday morning keynote. Quick intro from Rick Heiges. Buck Woody and Rob Farley singing, quite the sight for Friday morning....

Cloud? Chotto Matte Kudasai.

If you're not familiar with Chotto matte kudasai, it means "A moment, please," in Japanese. The cloud is big news....

Day 6: Friday PASS Summit 2011 Keynote Live

Hello Dear Reader!  Welcome to the final day of the PASS Summit and the Keynote address by Dr. David J...

Final Summit Keynote – NoSQL = Not Only SQL

The keynote started out with Rob Farley and Buck Woody singing an awesome song about a slow running query.  What...