I am a Risk Taker

Somewhat of a strange title, but it’s been an interesting journey to understand that I do take risks and to...

Recompiles

I’ve looked at cache hit and miss events and at the cache insert and remove events. The only cache-monitoring event...

Reason for Early Termination of Statement

Wouldn’t you like to know why the optimizer stopped tuning the execution plan you’re looking at? It’s actually possible and...

Part of the Election Review Committee...

... and I'm wary, but not weary. I'm not weary because I'm looking forward to trying to help. I'm not weary...

XQuery for the Non-Expert – Terminology

Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
It’s time...

SQLSaturday#59 Special Interview with Melissa Demcsak, aka SQLDiva

 SQLSaturday#59 Special Interview with Melissa Demcsak, aka SQLDiva
Only two days left until our super SQLSaturday#59 event.  Hope all is well...

Announcing the SQLDoctor

Today I’m very proud to announce a FREE SQL Server consulting service from me called
the “SQLDoctor”.

The concept of the SQLDoctor...

Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding

In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server...

PASS Summit Report 3: Women in Technology Rock!

Last year I was honored to be a member of the Women in Technology (WIT) Panel at the PASS Summit....

Template for Tracking Professional Development

One of the ideas I mentioned in my presentation on Comprehensive Professional Development was to set up some type of...