Auto Tweets from SQLSaturday

I was chatting with PASS community pollinator Karla Landrum recently and she asked me my thoughts on the auto tweets...

Various Links-August 25, 2012

Great story about a client who didn’t under the different between Skype and Sharepoint – while doing a Sharepoint initiative! It’s...

Digging deeper into SQL Server

I’m nowhere near where I needed to be. I am not digging enough. I’m not learning enough. Learning opportunities are...

T-SQL: Performance of SQL Agent Duration Calculations

In my article published yesterday on using Powershell for SQL Durations (Working with SQL Agent Durations), I proposed using a...

Mentoring

I’m putting my money where my mouth is, with respect to my last blog post.  I am officially a mentor...

Government and Transparency

I ran across this report that talks about the effectiveness of transparency requirements put in place around the Recovery Act...

Book Review: Troubleshooting SQL Server A Guide for the Accidental DBA

Over the past few years, Adam and I have won several books at the local MadPASS chapter meetings.  I’ve intended...

Intel Haswell-EP Processor Rumors

Intel releases a new processor microarchitecture every two years, which is called a Tock release. One year later, they take...

Man Vs Machine

Man Vs Machine
Man Vs Machine

Are you a fan of the television show Man Vs Food starring foodie Adam Richman? In...

Script to find orphaned/unreachable job steps within your SQL jobs

SQL jobs are great as the SQL agent job engine allows for very granular control over jobs that are created...