Error 0xC0014062: Unable to complete login process due to delay in opening server connection

Sometimes on a heavy loaded server(many databases/connection). You may get an error log when your backup maintenance plan job gets...

SQL Lunch Rescheduled

Due to a few scheduling conflicts the SQL Lunch scheduled for tomorrow as been rescheduled.  The event will be on March...

SQL Lunch Rescheduled

Due to a few scheduling conflicts the SQL Lunch scheduled for tomorrow as been rescheduled.  The event will be on...

A Quick Introduction to Data Compression in SQL Server 2008

There is one thing every DBA knows with certainty, and that is that databases grow with time. MDFs grow, backups...

T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Is it really specialization?

This is the first time I've participated in T-SQL Tuesday - I hope to do so more often...

I can recall several...

T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

Another month and another opportunity to write about an interesting topic.  This month hosting TSQL Tuesday is Argenis Fernandez (Blog | Twitter). This month, Argenis has invited us to...

T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

Another month and another opportunity to write about an interesting topic.  This month hosting TSQL Tuesday is Argenis Fernandez (Blog...

Houston Area SQL Server User Group Presentation

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Scaling SQL Server to HUNDREDS of Terabytes” at HASSUG.
Here is the PowerPoint presentation: Scaling SQL...

Parsing T-SQL – The easy way

UPDATE 2012-09-12 : For my latest adventures with TSQL Parsers please see this post
Every once in a while, I hit an issue...

T-SQL Tuesday #28 – Jack of all Trades, Master of None

It’s that time of the month again, T-SQL Tuesday Tuesday. This month Argenis Fernandez, MCM, and big round SQL teddy-bear...