Lightening Talk On Covering Indexes Ka-chow! Ka-chow!

“I’m a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics.” That’s what Lightning McQueen tells Mater when they first meet in Cars....

Press Release: SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Session Schedule Announced...

Source Event Home Page: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/59/eventhome.aspx
Written & Distributed by:  Robert Pearl
You may have heard that we’re planning an event in NYC, called...

Review: NPR Baseball Driveway Moments

NPR Baseball Driveway Moments ($15 @ Amazon) is an audio book I got from the local library to listen to on...

Slides and Demo from Midlands PASS Presentation - October 12, 2010

 Here are the slides and demo script from the presentation on Understanding SQL Server Query Processing.
 

Speaker Gift for SQLSaturday #49

We’ve tried to move away from shirts as a speaker gift, most speakers have them so we only get them...

Speaking at South Florida SQL Server User Group

I will be speaking at the South Florida SQL Server User Group on October 13 via Live Meeting.  My topic...

SQL Saturday New England: The New Date

The real world can get in the way of important things like SQL Saturday. In the case of SQL Saturday...

SQL Server Recovery Models

A SQL Server database can be in one of three recovery models. FULL, BULK_LOGGED and SIMPLE. The recovery model you...

SQLSaturday#59 - Interview with Robert Pearl (1st in series)

SQLSaturday#59 - Interview with Robert Pearl (1st in series) - Say what? 
As we get the countdown under way, I caught up...

TSQL Tuesday #11: Messages and the Clammy Seduction of the Print Statement

Note: Updated 10/28 based on conversation in the comments, and 12/10 with Denali info.

TSQL Tuesday #11: Misconceptions in SQL Server
This...