Importing images to SQL server database using T-Sql

Yesterday evening one of the developer  asked me that he need a help in importing images into a   table. It...

Webcast: What Are You Waiting For?

What was the number one question from today’s webcast on wait statistics?  Where can the slides and sample code be...

Ownership Chains in SQL Server

Someone asked the question recently about allowing a user to run a process,but not execute the individual pieces of the...

SQL Server 2012: Tabular Models vs PowerPivot Models

In SQL Server 2012, there is a new data model, called tabular, that is part of the new feature called the...

Creating cards in Trello via the REST API and parsing the returned JSON all in a SQL CLR

I recently blogged about how good I thought Trello was and shortly afterwards I found out that they did provide...

Understanding the concept of SQL Server Failover Cluster

Before getting hands on experience in SQL server on failover cluster , I used to read many article about failover clustering. Unfortunately...

How Resilient Is Your Recovery Plan?

In this modern age of technology DBA’s face an ever increasing demand from businesses; our databases must perform, be secure,...

Happy #Pi Day

Here’s wishing you a Happy Pi Day…

If my picture isn’t good enough, here’s a better representation of pi.

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
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SQL Saturday 103 Recap

SQL Saturday 103 was in Curacao, a beautiful Dutch Island in the Caribbean.  I was fortunate enough to be able...

Idera ACE Program

On March 9th a tweet went out by David Fargo announcing the 2012 Idera ACE’s and my twitter handle was...