PASS Update #30 (Surveys)

Recently we released the results of the annual survey to determine interests for the 2010 Summit. That’s a step in...

Two Ways to Get System and Server Information on SQL Server from Management Studio / Enterprise Manager

 
To collect information for your SQL Server Infrastructure, there are two ways I can recommend. 
The first, as mentioned from...

SCRUM Training with Alistair Cockburn

I wanted the SCRUM Master certification this year, and could have gone local, but I wanted to get the training...

Windows 7 v the iPad

No, I didn’t buy an iPad, but I have to say on a trip to the Apple Store this week...

Plagiarism

It seems to rear it’s ugly head more and more these days. Once again I found some content from my...

A DMV A Day – Day 30

The DMV for Day 30 is sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors, which is described by BOL as:

Returns information about all the data pages that...

News

If you follow me on Twitter or are my friend on Facebook, you might already know the news. I am joining...

When was SQL Server last restarted?

How do you tell when your SQL instance was lasted restarted?
I was reading a post by Joe Webb (Blog|Twitter) about...

SQLSaturday #41 - Atlanta Session Recap

Last Saturday, April 24, I presented my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures and You Should Too, at SQLSaturday #41-Atlanta, see...

PASS Update #29

By the time you read this we’ll have completed the transfer of the SQLSaturday web sites and data to PASS...