Learn High Availability and Disaster Recovery with SQL Server in a Day!

If you are near Pittsburgh, PA on May 22, 2014 catch the following all-day training session from 8:30 AM to 4:00...

Azure Automation

I introduced Azure Automation in a previous post. I’ve spent some more time exploring it.
There’s a set of documentation available...

Collation: Confusion

I started reading about collations after I had a recent run in with them. As I read I started to...

Collation: Confusion

I started reading about collations after I had a recent run in with them. As I read I started to...

Practical Data Migration Strategies

Practical Data Migration Strategies
As organizations mature their IT infrastructure must change to keep up with new applications and technologies. Many...

SSMS Queries on Function Keys

By David Postlethwaite

At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...

SQLSaturday #305 Dallas Business Analytics Edition

I am excited about being selected to speak and attend the May 3rd SQLSaturday BA Edition in Dallas, TX. There...

Real heavyweights: Float vs Decimal, the Thrilla in Precision

This is a followup to a previous post where I likened SQL Server float datatype to Muhammad Ali. Specifically, I...

SQL Server Partitioning 101

I’ve worked with partitioning for quite some time now, and though it has been around for quite some time and lots has been written about the concept I recently...

Come see me present SQL Saturday Atlanta

Have you seen the schedule for SQL Saturday #285 – Atlanta?   Holy cow they have jam packed too many hard decisions...