What I’m Thankful For

Since it is the week of Thanksgiving in the United States, Jason Strate (@strateSql) has requested that bloggers post what...

Holiday Review: Stuff I

For the last two years, I’ve participated in Sean’s InfoWorld Xmas Wish List, where we review a bunch of cool...

FreeCon

I got my FreeCon. What’s more, I did it in public and didn’t get in trouble.
FreeCon is the brain child...

XQuery for the Non-Expert – Resources

Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
Learning XQuery...

Do the Packet Trace - Especially When Things Are Good

Last night we were troubleshooting really poor performance on a core system. One of the things being investigated was a...

Are You Ready to Move to SharePoint for Microsoft BI?

I’m interested in hearing your response to this question.  Microsoft is investing
aggressively in delivering Business Intelligence as a holistic platform...

Notes from SQLSaturday#59 - Waits & Queues Presentation

SQLSaturday#59 – Waits & Queues Presentation
At SQLSaturday#59 in NYC, my session was about Waits & Queues. I presented a topic I thought was...

I'm a Midnight DBA

Well, not really. However when I was recently up in Seattle, Jen and Sean McCown contacted me about being on...

Column Based Indexing in Denali

Recently, I was asked to install Denali for a client because one of the employees attended PASS 2010 and had...

XQuery for the Non-Expert – Exist

Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts

In the...