SQL Server Connectivity Issues with Named Instances

This came up on Twitter last night and if you're not very strong on networking, this can be really confusing....

SQL University – Teach Your Children Well

“If you had a daughter, would you really encourage her to get into IT?” … “Yes, if she loved it.”

- My...

SQLRally–Convince The Boss

This week the SQLRally team published some notes to help you convince the boss to send you to three days...

SQLSaturday in Hawaii, Portugal, and New Zealand

Just a quick post today for those you who haven’t visited www.sqlsaturday.com lately, we’ve got a lot of events coming...

[OFF-TOPIC] Make a difference

I follow the blog of Johnny Long (twitter) from time-to-time, especially as he chronicled his work in Uganda. I know...

Database Maintenance

I often see a request for some scripts to help with database maintenance.  Sometimes those questions come in the form...

Database Maintenance

I often see a request for some scripts to help with database maintenance.  Sometimes those questions come in the form of recommendation requests for maintenance plans.  As many already...

Las Vegas SQL Server User’s Group Presentation on March 10

I will be giving a virtual presentation via LiveMeeting on March 10, 2011. The S3OLV User Group meeting starts at...

Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 Keynote

I had the main room keynote at the recent Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v3.0 in Denver. Jeff Certain & Ben Hoelting...

Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component

Last week was a great week all around.  It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over...