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...

Upcoming Presentation for Professional Development Chapter

I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional...

What is a Good Way to Get the SQL Server Log Directory?

Introduction
Today’s post is going to be a quick one to get back in the saddle again. I have been on...

When Did SQL Server Restart?

I saw Joe Webb’s post, and then Gethryn Ellis’ post as well on when SQL Server last restarted. It’s something...

SQL Server 2008(R2) and Win Server 2008 R2 Core Edition

The WinServer 2008 Core Edition was the server that you cannot install the SQL Server 2008. The Win Server 2008...