SQL Saturday #104: Colorado Springs

January 8th, 2012 will be the first SQL Saturday for 2012. 104 SQL Saturdays is an amazing number for our...

Basics QA on Extended Event

Basics QA on Extended Event

 
 
I am learning Extended Event so this is my first blog on extended event, There is...

SQL Server Sample Databases – All Versions

Many of you DBAs DB Devs and BI Devs in these days can have some changes from one SQL Server...

Tis The Season to be Giving...#SQLFamily

Indeed the Holiday Season is traditionally a season of giving, and being charitable to those who are less fortunate.  Although giving...

Data Driven Subscription failed with timeout error

One fine day, one of our data driven subscription which was running fine, failed with timeout error.
library!WindowsService_118!eb4!12/20/2011-07:30:01:: i INFO: Handling...

2011 What A Great Year

What A Diffrince A Year Makes
In January I posted up my new years list basically, stuff I wanted to learn in...

How many calls – A T-SQL Question

I got a call from a friend recently that was looking for some query help. He was actually using Access,...

The #Meme15 Round-Up

The first round of #meme15 has finished.  In total, there were eighteen people that participated.  If there were more, I...

A SQL Server Christmas Card

Merry Christmas everyone!
DECLARE @hohoho char(100)
DECLARE @bells smallint
DECLARE @tiers smallint
DECLARE @maxtiers smallint

SELECT @hohoho = ' ', @tiers = 1, @bells = 1, @maxtiers = 6
PRINT @hohoho

WHILE @tiers...

PASS Summit 2011 Eval Results

My presentation on Professional Development Plans ended up being ranked 47th out of 190, with an overall score of 4.63....