September Question: Tell us about your DBA interview experiences: good and bad.

I have only interviewed for a handful DBA jobs over the years, but they have ranged all the way from...

SQL Server Backups – When is it current?

I saw a post recently where someone was asking about the restore sequence for a series of backups. The scenario...

Why you should blog more

I was trying to write an article for a long time. Every time I start writing one, I would put...

Windows 7

The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little warning and error message to greet me.  My activation...

Windows 7

The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little...

Are You Willing To Relocate?

I've recently been talking to people looking for DBAs and one of the questions that always gets asked early on...

BI Battle Royale–Adam beats up a Hippie

Weekday Lunch RAW!

Welcome to the Smack-down ladies and gentleman. I couldn?t believe it when Brian walked into my office the...

Bitwise and Derived Table revisited

Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks.  I want to revisit them just to make some minor updates and clarifications.  This is...

Bitwise and Derived Table revisited

Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks.  I want to revisit them just...

Book Status #1: Indexing for Performance

As some of you may know, I am writing a book on indexing.  So far I’ve written and submitted four...