SQLServerCentral.com Track at SQL Server Connections This Week

If you are attending SQL Server Connections this week in Las Vegas, be sure to attend some of the sessions...

Database Security Best Practices for the Vigilant Database Administrator and Developer (Unabridged Edit)

Below is a longer version of the equivalent Technet Article  under Security TechCenter > Learn > Security Columns > MVP Articles >  Database Security Best PracticesThe security of...

Get Out The Vote

It’s actually kind of cool that SQL Rally voting for the pre-conference seminars and voting in the real(ish) world in...

I’m starting my own SQL Server Consulting business!

Beginning with tomorrow I’m no longer working for HP Austria, because I’m starting
my own SQL Server Consulting business. I’ve been...

Why do you use Sparse Columns ? (by Abi Chapagai)

What uses have you found for sparse columns in your databases?

SPARSE columns is a new feature in SQL Server...

Speaking at SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas Next Week

I will be giving two presentations next week at the SQL Server Connections conference in Las Vegas. There is a...

WorldWide Online Tech Day 2010

Hate to post this late but just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be presenting for Brazil’s Worldwide Online Tech...

Scary DBA Halloween Special

Not so much my special as SQL Saturday #59's Special. These guys in NYC are pulling out all the stops....

SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Convert Job Duration to Seconds

Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald

Welcome to the second post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...

Live, Loud, and In Stereo

If you followed the PASS Summit activities last year, you’ll probably remember the “blogger table”.  This was an area designated...