DB Maintenance

About a month ago I read a post by Brad McGehee (Blog | Twitter) concerning a checklist for SQL Server.  It...

Help! I Can’t Connect to Analysis Services in SSMS

A few months ago, I installed SQL Server 2008 R2 and chose to install SSIS, SSRS and SSAS as well....

I’m speaking for the Performance Virtual Chapter of PASS

On January 4, I’m speaking about index internals for the Performance Virtual Chapter
of PASS (http://performance.sqlpass.org).
Here’s my session abstract:

SQL Server provides...

Life Without a Net – My comment

Did you catch the brilliant and thought provoking editorial post Life Without a Net by Rodney Landrum on SQL Server...

Scripting Guy Guest Blog Post

Ed Wilson (Blog|Twitter) aka Scripting Guy is kicking off a SQL Server week (Nov 1st 2010) with my guest blog...

SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #15 with Joseph D’Antoni

 SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #15 with Joseph D’Antoni
Let’s kick off this Tuesday, maestro please, with a little violin music, some...

Sunday Night at PASS-Let’s Meet Up!

I’m a little later than I had hoped getting this announced, but hopefully not too late! For the past couple...

Tips For PASS Summit First Timers

In less than one week the 2010 PASS Summit begins in Seattle and with each day the excitement and anticipation...

T-SQL Tuesday #012 – Skills

November is upon us and in some areas this also means that the leaves have changed color.  With the change...

T-SQL Tuesday #12 – Why Do You Need a DBA?

It’s once again time for T-SQL Tuesday, the brainchild of Adam Machanic (Blog|Twitter). It’s a monthly blog party, designed to...