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...

I’m A Part Of Things Greater Than Myself, The POSSE Is Here.

Something Is Missing…
Some of you know I have a deep passion for the SQL Server community. I’ve always been extremely...

My SQLbits sessions

Since today its official, I'm presenting 2 sessions at the SQLbits conference in Liverpool
(http://www.sqlbits.com) from September 30 –
October 1. Here...

Presenting Hardware 301 at 24 Hours of PASS on September 7

PASS just announced today the next occurrence of 24 Hours of PASS (24HOP), which is called the Summit Preview version....