New SQL Server 2005 Books Online download available

As reported in several other places... there is a new Books Online (July 2006) for SQL Server 2005. You can...

Before you submit that incident to Microsoft...

Check out this post:

Things to consider before submitting an incident to Microsoft

Getting the information together before you make that phone...

Presenting at Columbia, SC DotNet User Group

I'll be presenting at the DotNet Columbia SC User Group on August 8th.
My presentation is tentatively titled, "Something old, something...

The Plumbing Behind MSDN 2

There is a very interesting article about how MSDN 2 utilizes SQL
Server 2005 technologies, specifically Service Broker and CLR
integration. The...

Free Data Models

I saw this on a Channel 9 forum thread:

Library of Free Data Models

There are quite a few starter data models...

Get a Better Understanding of How Queries Execute

I was catching up on my blog reading (unfortunately, in some cases I'm
a month behind) and came across a link...

New KB Article on SQL Server 2005 File Growth Bug

There is are two new KB articles on how the file growth value can become abnormally large. You can find...

A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident

Found this link on one of the security mailing lists I peruse. You can find an archive of the original...

Passed Again

I took the 70-441 exam last week and passed, which is good since I'm
working on part of the exam prep...

New KB Article on Remote Mirroring Support Requirements

Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article on the
requirements to receive support for what is known as remote mirroring.

Requirements...