It sure would be grand to have interesting interviews

Coincidentally, in a week of debate and thinking and writing on IT interviews and candidates, XKCD has gifted us with...

Friday Followup For November 22, 2013

It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...

Free Online SQL Server Training for the Week of November 24, 2013

If you’re a training provider and I’ve missed you, please drop me a line at brian {dot} kelley {at} sqlpass...

How many heap tables do you have? :Quick Tips

Nothing exciting, just a general script. How can you see what heaps you have laying around?

exec sp_MSforeachdb @command1 ='
use [?]
SELECT...

JFK

“There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And...

Guest blog post at SQLAuthority – How many vCPUs are too many?

Last night my first guest blog pots over at SQLAuthority has gone live! It is the next in the “Notes...

Powershell in a Month – Day 3 – Commands

This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about Powerhsell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in a Month...

Power BI for Office 365 video

A demonstration of Power BI for Office 365, showing you how all the various tools and technologies work together: Power...

Learn About PCI Today

I’ll be presenting PCI for the SQL DBA today at  1 pm EST for the PASS Security Virtual Chapter. Depending...

How to reset the SA password in SQL Server

Getting locked out of a SQL Server can happen in a number of ways.  You could inherit a server that...