A Strange Twist in my life

As the plane was landing the other day for SQL Saturday in Pensacola, I was struck by how amazing my...

Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 24

Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...

I’d buy an iPhone4, but ….

I don’t trust ATT.
That’s saying something. AT&T, the company that built US telco, that gave us innovations from Bell Labs,...

Leaders in Meetings

As the owner of a meeting/discussion you have two options on how to drive the conversation, and which you use...

My PASS Session Abstracts

The 1992 Dream Team
When you hear the phrase “All-Star Lineup”, what comes to mind? The New York Yankees? The 1970's...

So I Won't Be Going to the Summit This Year

As the deadline for abstracts to be submitted to the PASS Summit came due, I made the hard decision not...

Building A Remote Desktop Manager Connection List

Remote Desktop Connection Manager or RDCMan is a free download from Microsoft for managing multiple remote desktop connections. The functionality...

Building HTML Emails With SQL Server and XML

Building HTML Emails With SQL Server and XML
I’ve written a lot of custom reports in my days that output data...

Daily SQL Server 2008 New Features – Day 23

Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...

DBA Hell

On the first day of DBA hell, the server gave to me

A database with damaged system tables and no good...