SQLSaturday #250 Pittsburgh

SQLSaturday #250 Pittsburgh is in the books, and I'd like to sincerely thank the organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and speakers for...

Thoughts About MS Advanced Certification

 
Now MS has decided to cancel all its advanced certifications. I am here to share some of my thoughts on...

Thoughts About MS Advanced Certification

 
Now MS has decided to cancel all its advanced certifications. I am here to share some of my thoughts on...

Certifications: What are they good for?

Reblogged from SQL Studies: Since Microsoft decided to drop the MCM/MCA program there has been an enormous amount of discussion...

SQL SERVER 2012 - How to get a value from previous result row effectively

Reblogged from SQL Server Portal: I came across this query many times and most often we need the previous row...

10 signs you're not talking to a developer

Reblogged from the pluralsight blog: There are many types of developers out there. And while not all speak the same...

SQL Server – How to Create Registered Servers to Easily Manage and Query Multiple Instances at a Time

Registered servers is a great way to manage, categorize and access the SQL servers through SSMS and also one of...

Order of a Result Set in SQL

I have seen people build procedures that rely on a result set being returned in a certain order.  This is...

Windows Azure Service Dashboard – Checkout the health of Azure Services

Windows Azure Service Dashboard is an excellent way to know the health/availability of your Windows Azure Services.

You might always want...

Reblog: September 6 to September 12

I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...