Adding Data Files To A Mirrored Database

This is my first post!  I don't really expect anyone to find this blog.

So I have a pretty big...

Building an algorithm

When I was in college, and even high school, all of my computer science classes required me to build algorithms....

CodeName for the next generation of SQL Server??

Ever since the first version of SQL Server (1988??), Microsoft has found some interesting codenames for their releases
1993 – SQL Server 4.211995...

Daily Denali Delight – Day 1

Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released (is this still unconfirmed?) you...

Evaluating my SQL Connection Scores

This evening I received my SQL Connection scores for the following presentations:
Windows Internals for DB ProsFrom the Ramparts: Knowing What...

Fail-Win Balance

It’s a busy week for me, and a slow one technically. But I know that you, Constant Reader, thirst for...

Powershell Day 20

Day 20 Introduction to SMO >>SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) are objects designed for programmatic management of Microsoft SQL Server...

SQL Saturday 67 Slides Are Now Available

I recently debuted a new presentation, “What To Do When It All Goes So Wrong”. The presentation is designed to...

A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 19

For Day 19 of this series, I am going to briefly discuss hardware RAID controllers, also known as disk array...

Cain does LSA Secrets dump on Vista and higher now

Since going back to being a senior DBA, I've not stayed on top of the latest tools like I did...