Scary DBA Halloween Special

Not so much my special as SQL Saturday #59's Special. These guys in NYC are pulling out all the stops....

Shopping

In about a week and a half, the SQLServerCentral opening night party takes place at the PASS Summit. And while...

SQL Saturday 58 TODAY! #sqlsat58

Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is TODAY.  Obviously, this was written before today and I’m hoping to catch a...

SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Convert Job Duration to Seconds

Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald

Welcome to the second post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...

SQLRally, Pre-Cons, and Taking Risks

Before I get into my thoughts, go vote! Here are the options this year for the SQLRally pre-cons:
BI Sessions: http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/PreConsforVotingBI.aspxDBA...

SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #14 with Grant Fritchey

Sunday, October 31, 2010 is Halloween, and in the spirit of the holiday of ghosts, goblins, vampires, werewolves, witches and...

Warning: Two Way Traffic

I saw this at the college where we held SQLSaturday #49 on the restroom door. I’m not sure what to...

Why You Should Vote for My SQLRally Pre-Con

Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...

WorldWide Online Tech Day 2010

Hate to post this late but just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be presenting for Brazil’s Worldwide Online Tech...

Adding Data Compression to an Existing Clustered Index in SQL Server 2008 R2

Working at an ISV like NewsGator Technologies, I get to work on products like Social Sites for SharePoint 2010, that...