SQLSat 142 – Waltham

Wow – have I ever been dark and silent this past couple of months.  Nothing like the present to reverse that...

Build a Little Free Library

I saw this on the Boing Boing feed yesterday, Little Free Library is a project to try to build 2500...

Denali – Day 18: Engine: Express LocalDB–Command line

Denali – Day 18: Engine: Express LocalDB–Command line

Express LocalDB is an express edition with minimum files required to start sql server...

To contract or not to contract – that is the question !

I’ve been deliberating over the last few years whether to make the leap into the contracting/consulting world.
Speaking to a good...

Help I’m an Oracle guy – whats all this SQL Server stuff ?

Having ventured into both the SQL Server world and the depths of Oracle RDBMS – Im often asked what the differences...

No Caps for SQL Saturday : Speaker Edition

A few weeks back, I got into a conversation about whether PASS should put the boot down on events and...

SQL Saturday #150 and Tech Day

Baton Rouge’s annual tech event for the IT community is coming up August 4th on the beautiful campus of LSU....

SQL Saturday 112 Recap

I had the pleasure of attending SQL Saturday 112 this past weekend.  This was my second time speaking at a...

Denali – Day 17: Distributed Replay

Denali – Day 17: Distributed Replay

Distribution replay a new command prompt utility provided by Denali, this works same as Profiler Reply...

Tips to improve your blog, really!

As I learnt a few things about blogging, I made a list of tips to get better at blogging. Thought...