Memory

Not a sound from the pavement

Have you ever come across a SQL query that used to run faster?  Has that...

Mission Accomplished... Well sort of..

Did you ever set a goal and then sort of … demolish it without realizing it?
That has happened this year....

PASS Elections Portal

I think the shirt says it all
If you’ve been under a rock the last few weeks you may not know...

SFSSUG - Great Upcoming Speakers

Hey Folks,

We have some great speakers coming up at the SFSSUG in South Florida. Check out Devin Knight here talking...

SQL Pass Voting forum

So far I have seen lots of blogs about SQLPASS regarding the Slate for this years BoD. I do not...

You Don’t Need Log Backups

You don’t need log backups. You don’t. They aren’t required for SQL Server to function.
The place when you don’t need...

10 Character Traits of Outstanding DBA’s

What are the character traits of outstanding SQL Server Database Administrators (DBA) ?
You know what I’m talking about. There are...

Audio Proofreading & Writing Quality

Funny how if take time for longer conversations, ones that ramble, you often learn interesting things that you just wouldn’t...

Defensive Db Programming Chapter 05

We are here again with after another week and ready for another episode in this series.  Today we get to...

Find Tables and Columns by Data Type

A couple weeks back someone asked me some questions about data types.  Apparently, while implementing some financial data, each developer...