Shredding XML in XEvents

One of the biggest pains with Extended Events is the thing we love to hate - XML. XML is so foreign to many DBAs. It's not relational and often...

Shredding XML in XEvents

One of the biggest pains with Extended Events is the thing we love to hate – XML. XML is so foreign...

The 30 minute rule

In one of my first IT jobs (back in the dark ages) we had something called the thirty minute rule....

Slides and Demos for SQLSupper August meeting

Last night I had a lot of fun presenting on one of my favorite topics, MARS and SQL Server protocols including a rather fun live demo.
The slides and demo...

Speaking at SQLSaturday Oslo

This weekend, I’ll hop on a plane and fly over to Norway for SQLSaturday Oslo.
I’ll be delivering a session I...

Taking #PowerPivot to the Next Level

Power Pivot is an amazing, flexible and powerful business intelligence tool (among other things) and there is no doubt about...

The Log Chain

I ran across a question recently from someone that received a similar message to the one showed in this image:

In...

Exploring the Microsoft Azure HDInsight Query Console (No Scripting Required)

As I noted in my previous post, I am not a fan of scripting. In that post we set up...

SQLSaturday & The Speaker Wait List

When a new SQLSaturday event is launched an email is sent to all the speakers who have opted in to...

Assigned reading: FREEPROCCACHE

I don’t often find myself blogging for the sole purpose of showing you someone else’s blog, but today is one...