[OT] Running With Steve

I woke up to this very cool photo from my employer.

I was checking my Twitter feed, and noticed quite a...

SQL Cruise Alaska 2011

Yes, I went on the SQL Cruise to Alaska. Yes, it was as grand as you’ve heard. Yes, I’m going...

SQL Saturday #77 – Pensacola Recap

This past weekend I went down to Pensacola, FL for SQL Saturday #77. This was the third event in Pensacola,...

Reporting Services and Internet Explorer 9

Turns out there is a snag when it comes to using Internet Explorer 9 with SharePoint and SQL Server 2008...

Isolation level and Locks

Before moving with next blog. We should be aware of some information about Isolation level. As the trasaction is depends...

Using a Staging Environment for Tracking Down Bugs

A discussion why having a staging environment with data that mirrors production is vital to tracking down issues.
Being able to...

Colleges starting to offer business intelligence degrees

Interesting video on eWeek.com called Business Intelligence Takes Higher Education Students to the Head of the Class that talks about...

T-SQL Enhancement: Sequence

Many applications need sequentially incremental number as unique/primary key for records. SQL Server 2008 supports identity columns as the primary...

On the exorcism of Ghost Records

There was a question earlier on one of the SQL forums as to whether or not Ghost Cleanup overwrote the...

Another Idea for SQLSaturday

I spend a lot of time just looking at events, watching for new ideas. At our recent SQLRally we had...