SQLServerCentral.Com to Offer SQL Server Track at SQL Server Connections

I have spoken at many conferences over the years, including the PASS Community Summit and SQL Server Connections, and one...

The SQLServerCentral Track at SQL Connections

I'm happy to announce that SQLServerCentral is sponsoring a track at this year's SQL Connections conference in Las Vegas, Nov...

Tool Review: Bosch PS-40 10.8 Volt Impact Driver

A little further off topic than usual, but this is one of the few tools that I've purchased that I...

I Learned a New Word

Do you know what a Geoid is?
I’ve been working my way through Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008, actually “through”...

Scripting Our Daily (Professional) Lives

I talk a lot about scripting tasks on our servers to automate our regular processes, but in this case I'm...

Seatguru - Getting a Good Seat on the Plane

Ran across this a while back and just getting to it, Seatguru is a site that lets you figure out...

Speaking at SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola on June 6, 2009

I'm driving over tonight to spend a long weekend in Pensacola (6-7 hour drive from Orlando) for their first SQLSaturday,...

SQLServerCentral Article on Backup Monitoring and Reporting

The article, Backup Monitoring and Reporting, demonstrates a SQL Server backup reporting solution I use in my production environment. Some highlights of...

TRY/CATCH - The Great Way to Handle Exceptions in SQL 2005/8

This is based on the original post in Franglais.

The goal of this post is to explain how to handle errors...

Balancing Priorities

This one isn't a technical post, but it's entirely appropriate to those of us in the IT field. Today was a...