Big Iron on Windows 2008 R2, Earning its Keep!

This screenshot goes in the category of “geek porn”…  It shows an IA64 system with 256 logical processors and 512GB...

Catching Transient CPU Spikes Using SQL Trace

Catching Transient CPU Spikes Using SQL Trace If there was one thing I wish everyone who works with SQL Server would...

Confio Ignite: First Impressions

One of the national sponsors for SQL Satuday is Confio Software. Just because they sponsor SQL Saturday, it’s worth checking out their...

Finding the Client IP

It’s not often that I’ve had the need to trace back a client to their host computer, but there are...

Handicapped by Choice

The picture I got from public school about evolutionary processes - and the view that I think most people share - has...

IP and Default Trace…T-SQL Tuesday #005 - A week early - D'oh

As chance would have it, I had been checking Adam’s blog daily for the last few days to find the...

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...