Off to the Big Apple

I’m heading to New York today, off for SQL Saturday #59. Another travel day, but I am looking forward to...

Want to Make Your SQL Server Run Faster for Free?

I know I do!
The trick is to properly manage your VLFs.
What are VLFs? The short anser is that VLF...

SQL Services on Laptop

I run several SQL Server instances on my laptop, however I’ll keep the services shutdown to conserve resources and then...

Scheduled Out

I’m all scheduled out for the next week with newsletters and content ready to go through Nov 29. I’m not...

What’s New in SQL Server “Denali” CTP1

Denali. No, not that one...

How many of you have heard that the Community Technology Preview (CTP1) for the next version...

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...