Saying Thank You

I was just writing a thank you message to our speakers for SQLSaturday #49 and wanted to write down a...

SQL Saturday Advice - Extra Food

No matter whether you provide the food or have people pay for it, it seems that at every SQL Saturday...

SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando: Event Recap

SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando was this past weekend (October 16th, 2010).  As one of the event organizers the entire week was...

SQLSaturday #49 Orlando – Recap

This past weekend I had the pleasure of presenting at another great SQLSaturday event, number 49 actually and the 3rd...

SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #8 with Aaron King.

      SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #8 – with Aaron King.
We interrupt this blog post to bring you the latest SQLSaturday#59 News...

SSC Editorial – Cheap Fun

I wrote Cheap Fun after buying a really cheap – $1 – wood airplane kit at the store for the kids. Amazing...

The best things in life are free

Greg Gonzalez (blog | twitter) of SqlSentry, last night released a very cool new and free product.  Plan explorer is a...

Boulder SQL Server User’s Group - Common SQL Server Mistakes

The first iteration of my presentation on Common SQL Server Mistakes, based on the various things I’ve seen in the...

Common SQL Server – Not Indexing FKs

This series looks at Common SQL Server mistakes that I see many people making in SQL Server.

Foreign Keys
It’s way too...

Ground Zero Database Design: Part 2

Last week I wrote Ground Zero Database Design, thinking that was a good enough bare-bones intro (with recommended reading!) that...