A DMV A Day – Day 30

The DMV for Day 30 is sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors, which is described by BOL as:

Returns information about all the data pages that...

Marathon Schedule

Finally I am putting down to paper my marathon race list for this season. Some of my favorite races are...

PASS Update #30 (Surveys)

Recently we released the results of the annual survey to determine interests for the 2010 Summit. That’s a step in...

Plagiarism

It seems to rear it’s ugly head more and more these days. Once again I found some content from my...

SCRUM Training with Alistair Cockburn

I wanted the SCRUM Master certification this year, and could have gone local, but I wanted to get the training...

Six Months

“Show up for work on time for six months and then we’ll talk. Until then, I have four words for...

Two Ways to Get System and Server Information on SQL Server from Management Studio / Enterprise Manager

 
To collect information for your SQL Server Infrastructure, there are two ways I can recommend. 
The first, as mentioned from...

Windows 7 v the iPad

No, I didn’t buy an iPad, but I have to say on a trip to the Apple Store this week...

A DMV a Day – Day 29

The DMV for Day 29 is sys.dm_exec_connections, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the connections established to this...

A Identity Bug

Someone asked an interesting question recently. If they had this code:
if OBJECT_ID('aa') is not null
   drop table aa
create table...