Webcast Follow-Up: Leveraging Cloud for the Modern SQL Developer

Similar the post earlier today, I have a follow-up for another Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s session that I delivered last...

Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 14

Quick notes today:
Event team likes first flyer (retro) better than the second one (doesn’t have enough why, doesn’t use space...

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Multiple Rows In Demand Forecast Table [FORECASTSALES] for each item

Why are there multiple rows for each item in the Demand Forecast Table in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012? This is...

PASS 2014 NomCom Candidates Announced

Eleven candidates for the nomcom this year, details at http://www.sqlpass.org/Elections.aspx. The NomCom campaign will open on June 2 and close...

Who has the DAC open?

The other day I started seeing the following error in my SQL log.
Error: 17810, Severity: 20, State: 2.
Could not connect...

How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters

A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the SQL Server Dynamic Management Views(DMVs)? Great question! Not one...

How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters

A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the...

How Does Disabling an Index Affect the Index Usage DMV Counters

A question was posted to #SQLHelp on Twitter asking, if disabling an Index would clear the index usage counters stored in the...

NodeXL – Accessible Network Graph Analysis, part 3 (Twitter)

This is the third blog post in the series dedicated to the Network Graph Analysis Tool – NodeXL.

If you are interested,...

How Much Value Would a SQLSaturday Certificate of Completion Have?

Note: Posted May 27, 2014, additions posted May 28, 2014 further down.
I think it’s been discussed a time or two,...