PASS Summit 2010 Survey Results

As I have done in previous years, I’m going to post the results from my sessions at the PASS Summit....

PASS Summit Speaker Evals – THE ANALYSIS

Rule: No Sushi with Adam within 24 hours of session
I’m inspired by Brent Ozar‘s and Andy Leonard‘s sharing of their PASS...

Spreading the DBA Gospel (from Old English, god spell "good news")

 
There are times when I wonder why I get so few comments on this blog, however there are assumptions I...

SQL Bits 8

It seems the dates for the next SQLBITS have been released will take between April the 7th and April 9th...

Strange issue while using IDENTITY values in INSTEAD OF triggers

Found an interesting issue last week....it goes like this:

If you are using INSTEAD OF triggers on views (in SQL 2005)...

Updated SQLRally Flyer

We’ve updated the original flyer to the new and improved model that has the prices. The image below is a...

Book Plug: Say Goodbye

I read a lot, and often marvel at the effort that goes into writing them, and I think I get...

Can You Dig It? – StmtCond Element

She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittA couple posts ago in the plan cache series I discussed the children for the...

Intel Sandy Bridge Processor Machines Coming Soon!

If you are in the market to buy or build a new laptop or desktop computer, you might want to...

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 13 Released

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 13, which is Build 4315. It was actually released on Monday,...