Friday Followup For September 26, 2014

It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...

Re-Indexing - The quest of ultimate automation

Re-Indexing - The quest of ultimate automation

Re-Indexing - The quest of ultimate automation

Re-Indexing – The quest of ultimate automation

In this session, Prakash will walk you through design considerations, accompanied with a script demo using PowerShell to generate a...

Wait Statistics #4 LCK_M_xx

In the 4th article of the Wait Statistics series we will dive into LCK_M_xx waits. This is another wait type...

Four Big Things PASS Could Do Next Year

Here’s my wish list:
Fix the membership problem. One voter, one vote. That’s what we want. The current hack of requiring...

Installing SQL Server 2014 Language Reference Help from disk

Some weeks ago I had to wipe my machine and reinstall everything from scratch, SQL Server included.
For some reason that I...

The BaCON Debacle, or Who’s Mike?

Who is Mike in the business intelligence/analytics world?
Is it Mike White? If it is, he’s the guy I call for...

A Bad Day with Backups

I learned a hard lesson when I first started as a DBA.  Although to be honest, it’s not a lesson...