Re-blog – July 29-August 4

As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Some posts...

Two New TPC-E Submissions

Two new TPC-E OLTP Benchmark Submissions have shown up in the last month or so since I last recapped three...

Celebrating Mistakes-Part 1

Most of us learn more from mistakes than successes. We talk about taking risks, but what is the average response...

MSSQLTips.com Kindle Contest

I'm always wary of contests to win free stuff, but the folks running MSSQLTips.com are legitimate (I write there as...

The Best Part of My New Job

The Best Part of My New Job
Come to the Dark Side, We have Nutter Butters

If you had told me a...

A Really Bad Day

I was out of town for work one day, literally on the other side of the country, in a car...

All About Execution Plans

If you’re attending the PASS Summit this October, I’d like to make a suggestion. The Summit itself is only three...

Applying a Snapshot -AltSnapshotFolder Parameter

Did you know a snapshot can be applied using the Distribution and Merge Agent –AltSnapshotFolder parameter?  This means that after...

Detecting Fake Reviews

I saw this write up about Cornell coming up with a way to detect fake online reviews with about 90%...

How to Run Programs as a Domain User from a Non-domain Computer

As a consultant or contractor, many times the client we are at does not provide us with a laptop, so we must...