New Book on Query Optimizer

Benjamin Nevarez (blog) has been working really hard on a book on the Query Optimizer. It just got finished in...

PASS SQLRally Pre-con Voting Is Open

I'm happy to announce that voting for the 2011 PASS SQLRally Pre-con sessions is now open! There are four tracks:...

Q3 Review

Finally I am getting around to posting my Quarterly Goal review.  Last quarter’s review can be found here.
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Sitting in Judgment

I have been meaning to write this for a while, but i wanted to wait for a break in SQLDrama....

SQL Rally Cast Your Vote!

Pre Conference seminar voting is up now.  Go make it happen!  Here's the description of our session:
Title:

Business Intelligence Workshop
Speaker:Patrick LeBlanc,...

SQL Rally: One Day on Query Performance Tuning

The SQLRally, a new PASS initiative taking place in the spring, is going to be a community driven event. This...

SQL Saturday #49 in Orlando - Plus Run SharePoint Locally

Ok so I know this is late, but I wanted to thank Jack, Andy and the team at the Orlando...

SQL Saturday 56 Dallas (BI Edition) - Recap

This past Saturday, our NTSSUG group hosted SQL Saturday 56, which was our second SQL Saturday of the year.  This...

SQL Server 2008 - CDC Retention

I had done a little work with CDC last year, experimenting with the way that it handles changes in your...

SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #11 with Steve Simon

SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview #11 with Steve Simon 
Queue the track.  I can’t help hearing the theme song from Indiana Jones...