Generating RING_BUFFER_OOM Errors

Onion Ring Buffer?
Ever think to yourself, “hmm, I wish I could generate me some RING BUFFER_OOM errors”?  This request happened...

Last Call SQLRally Call for Presenters

Go SQL! Go SQL! It’s the last day and the last chance (last dance?) to submit a session for the...

PASS Election Review Committee - We Need Your Input!

The PASS Election Review Committee has geared up and we've started looking at the process of the entire election process...

Pragmatically Thankful

This season, as we continue to grow and partner with some of the best of the best in the industry....

Preventing Subscriptions from Blocking Interactive Report Executions

A consulting client recently asked how they could resolve a capacity-planning issue
on their production report server.  They manage a busy...

Relational Types.

As I try to drag my team (sometimes with resistance, sometimes with pleasure) into the world of relational principles, I...

Should I have AutoGrowth enabled on my SQL Server Database

I was reading a few forum posts yesterday where a few people were complaining that the transaction log had grown...

Thanksgiving Bloopers

I'm slow to get this out, but I finally rendered the raw bloopers from November. Enjoy.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

The iPad, So Far

In the front yard, using the iPad & SQL Monitor
After a great deal of unseemly begging, I managed to acquire an...

Tis the Season

This month has been quite the month for change in my family.  The changes that we are experiencing did not end with the birth of our baby girl two...