Is Anybody Using That Stored Procedure?

Introduction
From time to time I get asked to check if a stored procedure is still used in preparation for dropping...

LV April SQL Users Group Meeting

S3OLV or SSSOLV will be holding our meeting Thursday April 8th.  The User Group is in affiliation with PASS and...

PASS Update #28 (SQLSaturday Transition)

We’ve been busy on the transition and we’re finally at a place where we can give you an update on...

SCSUG April Meeting Reminder

A reminder to anyone in the Brevard County Florida area:

 
The SCSUG monthly meeting is at 6:30 on Thursday, April...

Swing and a Miss

I missed my first newsletter today. It wasn’t until I went to schedule tomorrow’s that I realized I hadn’t sent...

Uninstall 64 bit and reinstall 32 bit SQL Server

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What I Do to Prep a Technical Presentation

This was a question asked on Twitter the other day, "How do folks prepare for a presentation?" Here are some...

Writing With More Than One Voice

I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and have slowly settled into the style and pattern of blogging...

A DMV a Day – Day 5

The DMV for Day 5 is sys.dm_db_mirroring_auto_page_repair, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for every automatic page-repair attempt...

Express Yourself Clearly

Recently my son had a short paper to write for school. He’s a sixth grader, and this year is a...