Shipping

I've got a conference to attend in a few weeks, and needed to get some things out the door. Every...

Table Variable and Temp Table

Today I come across the great blog by Wayne Sheffield on Sqlservercentral.com about temp table and table variable so I...

PASS Board of Directors Debate - Transparency and Vision

There is an amazing debate occurring on Brent Ozar's blog where he interviewed Matt Morollo. Being a little out of...

Vetting the PASS Board of Directors candidates

I've had a pretty heavy involvement in Brent Ozar's interview of Matt Morollo. The reason for my intense activity is he was...

SQLSaturday #21 Shirt Snafu!

Thought I’d share a funny story. Way back before SQLSaturday #1 my friend Shawn recommended a local shirt/embroidery vendor, I...

Free E-Book on XSD SQL Server Schema Collections

Whether you like it or not, as a SQL Server DBA or Developer, you will eventually have to learn about...

Dev Days

I heard about the Stackoverflow Dev Days earlier this year and thought it was an interesting idea. We had talked...

Backing Up Your Data is Obvious, Or Isn’t It?

Often, when I give presentations on DBA best practices, I make the obvious point that databases need to be regularly...

Book Review: The Deceived

The Deceived by Brett Battles

I haven’t post on any fiction lately, thought it was time to write about something more...

SQLSaturday #21 Is Tomorrow (Oct 17)

I’m writing this in advance because I’ll be busy with all the last minute preparations, but I’m looking forward to...