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She's ready for the future. Are you?
In preparing for the SQLPeople event, I thought about the role, motivation, and techniques...

Andy Leonard’s great idea: SQLPeople events

Not too long ago, Andy Leonard (blog|twitter) dreamed up the idea to create the SQLPeople community. The community is forming...

To Do: Win Great SQL Training and a Cruise

Wondering what to do when you get a break from work email today?
Make your opening move in a fun contest.

What’s...

I laughed, I cried, it was better than CATS: The Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Reference Guide

Careful what you say about cats, lady.
You know what’s crazy?
A comprehensive, technical, well thought-out, and ENJOYABLE document. One written with...

Dynamic Management Quickie: Exploring SQL Server’s system views and functions as you work

There’s a lot of dynamic management and system objects to keep track of in SQL Server.
We all sometimes have the...

How To: Automate Continuous SQLServer Activity with Stored Procedures and Powershell Jobs

The Goal
It’s often useful to be able to run a bunch of stored procedures in the background over a period...

Internals Matter: Why You Should Check Your Page Verify Settings, and I Should Go to Masters Immersion Training (SQL Skills Contest Entry)

This post is about two things:

1) Your Page Verification Settings are Critical
You should confirm you are running with the correct...

Corrupting Databases for Dummies- Hex Editor Edition

Corruption is so ugly it gets a lolworm instead of a lolcat.
Let’s make one thing clear from the start:

This Post...

Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans

Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...

Date Rounding Tactics and the Tiny Devil of SMALLDATETIME

Tiny Devils
With every new year I think a little bit about time and dates. This posts looks a little more...