Shameless Plug: My First SSC Article Published Today

Please forgive the shameless plug. My first article was published today on sqlservercentral.com. It’s titled “Backup and Housekeeping with Maintenance...

SQL Saturday #71: Call For Speakers

The SQL Saturday #71/New England Data Camp #3 call for speakers has been open for quite a while. But, we...

SQLSaturday 57 In Houston, Here I Come!

Another year and staring it off right! I’ll be speaking at SQLSaturday in Houston, TX on the fundamentals of storage...

User Group Giveaway: My Latest Book

As I annouced earlier, Oracle and database expert, Bert Scalzo and I collaborated on an introductory text appropriately titled Introduction to SQL...

#SQLRally is coming, Go vote!

 
We are in the final stages of selecting the speakers for the SQLRally May 11th through the 13th in sunny...

31 Days of SSIS – One Package, Unlimited Databases (24/31)

31 Days of SSIS
Another day, another blog post all about SSIS in my continuing journey through 31 Days of SSIS. ...

A Banner Day for SQLRally

Help us promote our upcoming PASS events by including any or all of these on your blog or in your...

Backing up the log in simple mode

Someone posted a note saying that their backups were really large and slow. So they were trying to manage their...

Getting Started With Consulting Webcast Recording Now Available

If you missed my PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter Webcast “Getting Started With Consulting” last week, it’s now available online.

I...

Internals Matter: Why You Should Check Your Page Verify Settings, and I Should Go to Masters Immersion Training (SQL Skills Contest Entry)

This post is about two things:

1) Your Page Verification Settings are Critical
You should confirm you are running with the correct...