Andy on Twitter

Just prior to the 2009 PASS Summit I posted about giving Twitter a try, and thought I’d report back on...

Azure platform CTP accounts are about to expire?

I recieved the notification from Azure Platform Team that the CTP accouct will be closed at the end of the...

Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan: Part 3

Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...

Getting here from there

Another month, another blog chain, this time started by Paul Randal. I got tagged by both Grant and Steve, on...

How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?

This is a reprint of my editorial at SQLServerCentral.com. There is a lively discussion at the SSC forum on this...

Instant File Initialisation

I have been reading up on instant file initialization and I have read a couple of good blog posts by...

Part 3: Creating the SSC Maintenance Plan

Note: This is an in-depth article that exceeds 5,000 words, and provides a case-study of how a maintenance plan could...

PASS Virtual Meeting - Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes

PASS Virtual Meeting

Speaker: Adam Jorgensen

Topic: Zero to cube in 60 Minutes

Date and Time: 1/22/2010 12:00 PM EST

Meeting URL: Join Meeting

Description:...

PayPeriod Matching

Recently I was asked to alter a report to pull different more meaningful data.  The particular report was pulling data...

PowerShell Script for Creating Indexes

I needed to create an identical index on a bunch of tables within one of my projects (yes, I know...