Results of PASS Summit 2010 Content Survey Released

A few weeks back PASS sent out a survey to get input on how to shape the 2010 Summit agenda,...

Consulting and the MBA

The year is 1991. Nirvana’s Smells like teen spirit is the must-have album of the year. And everyone who is...

OPASS is pleased to announce - SQLSaturday #49 - Orlando October 16th. Get it on your calendar now.

SQLSaturday #49 - Orlando is now live on the SQLSaturday web site.  It will be held on October 16th at Seminole...

SQL Server 2008 R2 reaches RTM

On April 21 Microsoft announced SQL Server 2008 R2 has been released to manufacturing.
The downloads on Technet/MSDN on May 3....

I’m on TV at the Tweet-up

I was listening to the announcement of SQL Server 2008 R2 yesterday on a call from Microsoft. It was released...

Index Stats Duplication

I came across a recent posting about seeing multiple entries in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats for the same index.  This kind of behavior...

A DMV a Day – Day 22

The DMV for Day 22 is sys.dm_exec_query_memory_grants, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the queries that have acquired...

The Knowledge... (quote)

The quote about Knowledge, sure it is Albanian quote:

Learn the Knowledge but you'll never get rewarded by the God(All-llah) until...

An Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture

This is an excerpt from my free eBook, Brad’s Sure Guide to SQL Server 2008, which can be downloaded here.
As...

Speaking at Upcoming SQL Saturday events

I’ve got a couple of speaking engagements coming up during the next few months, and a few others I’m hoping...