PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)

Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being...

Spring 2010 Hardware Recommendations

Since I am very interested in various PC-based hardware, and I make an effort to stay current on new developments,...

SQL Server Replication - Replication Agents

My first post in my replication series gave a brief overview of replication, before I dive into setting up and...

Don’t Forget to Register for the Free 24 Hours of PASS

The free 24 Hours of PASS event will held May 19 & 20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations on...

Follow Up: LinkedIn Poll

A couple weeks ago I wrote about testing the LinkedIn polling capability, putting up this poll:

The response rate wasn’t great,...

PASS Summit 2010 Content Survey

The Issue
Being involved in PASS and the SQL Server community via blogging and Twitter, I get to see and hear...

Recap of April 2010 DMV a Day Series

Well, I managed to finish up my series that featured a DMV query every day during the month of April....

Register For 24 Hours of PASS Event

The free 24 Hours of PASS event will be held on May 19-20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations...

SQL Server Monitoring Checklist

I have worked with a lot of organizations who just have just a small handful of SQL Server instances. In...

Table Sizes

In SQL Server there are two stored procedures that help one to determine the size of a table.  One is...