SQLRally–Don’t Forget Your Business Cards?

SQLRally is a week away.  Are you ready?  It’s going to be a good time to learn and freshen up...

Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems And the Disk Ain’t One

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Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems and the Disk Ain’t One

I am a bit late to this party. I have seen...

SQL Saturday #74 Session Recap

Hopefully if you came to my session this year at SQL Saturday in Jacksonville, FL you came away with some...

Writing Better Emails

In January 2009, I made the transition back to being a senior DBA. One of the first things my manager...

How do you create or update stored procedures.

G’day,
Running object creation scripts into other environments is a big part of most DBA’s work – especially when a new system...

May 2011 S3OLV Meeting

After a whirlwind of last minute changes last month, we expect stability this month with the monthly meeting. Meeting Time is 6:30PM PST Erika Bakse (blog | twitter) has...

May 2011 S3OLV Meeting

After a whirlwind of last minute changes last month, we expect stability this month with the monthly meeting.
Meeting Time is...

T-SQL Tuesday #18 Coming Next Week

Other than the week I hosted it, I’ve been caught off guard by T-SQL Tuesday most months. This time I...

Indexing for ORs

All of the indexing strategy posts I’ve written in the past have been concerned with predicates combined with ANDs. That’s...

How often do you check email?

If you read the experts, most folks check their emails too many times during the day. Today, while giving a...