SQLSat 54

Wow, I have really been kinda slow in the blog department for a couple of weeks now.  I have a...

Create Empty Raw File

I need an empty Raw file for my SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package.  Over the last summer I’ve discovered...

October Question: Tell us about your favorite experience as a participant in the SQL Server community.

There is a thriving world-wide DBA community that offers many opportunties meet other DBAs, to learn from others, and to...

Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 4, 2010

Monday
Quest Software - Advanced SQL Server Troubleshooting - Kevin Kline
 
Tuesday
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter - Using Storage to Increase Database Performance - Denny Cherry
 
Wednesday
SQL Lunch...

Why Read?

I love to read. Like my friend, Paul Randal (blog, @PaulRandal), I read a lot of books every year, usually...

Index Black Ops Part 5 – Page Splits

In my TSQL2sDay index summary post, that I’d be writing a few posts on the information that is contained in...

Presenting at SQLSaturday #48 in Columbia, SC This Weekend

I’m leaving Orlando early Friday morning to drive up to Columbia for SQLSaturday #48 . By the time I changed planes...

The Land of BBQ

I’m off to Kansas City today for SQL Saturday #53 and looking forward to a great speaker’s dinner tonight at...

Stupid Tech Support Tales

One of our desktop support technicians noticed the following error from a 3rd party vendor application in an error log:

"9/22/2010...

Geekbench 2.1.7 Released

If you read my blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I have a strong interest in database...