A New Stressor

I tend to be amused when I run into something that causes me stress because I like to think – foolishly...

DBA Myths: TRUNCATE TABLE deletes all the rows of a table instantly.

Most DBAs and developers I’ve talked to over the years have felt that TRUNCATE TABLE is an instant DELETE. However...

ERROR OPENING SSRS REPORT MANAGER IN INTERNET EXPLORER

Writing this post only for internet explorer as not aware of the settings of other browsers such as chrome/mozilla.

To be...

Colorado SQL Events for May 2014

SQL Meetings are training events for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. Please note that...

Most important feature of SQL 2014

There are a whole raft of cool new features in 2014 including things like In-Memory OLTP, increased Azure integration/options and...

Find SQL Database Owner with T-SQL

One thing that on occasion bugs me about PDW or APS or whatever it happens to be called this week...

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 2

Our attendance number for last year was 285, so we’re going to aim for increasing that by 20% to 342....

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 2

Our attendance number for last year was 285, so we’re going to aim for increasing that by 20% to 342....

Back to Work

After surgery Fri am, I’ve been mostly taking it easy, but now it’s back to work. Got kids to school...

Speaking At the Pinellas SQL Group on August 18, 2014

I’ve committed to presenting but haven’t decided on the presentation yet. It will probably be a remote presentation because it’s...