Register For 24 Hours of PASS Event

The free 24 Hours of PASS event will be held on May 19-20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations...

Don’t Forget to Register for the Free 24 Hours of PASS

The free 24 Hours of PASS event will held May 19 & 20, and includes 24 different one hour presentations on...

What is a Good Way to Get the SQL Server Log Directory?

Introduction
Today’s post is going to be a quick one to get back in the saddle again. I have been on...

Table Sizes

In SQL Server there are two stored procedures that help one to determine the size of a table.  One is...

Upcoming Presentation for Professional Development Chapter

I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional...

PASS Summit 2010 Content Survey

The Issue
Being involved in PASS and the SQL Server community via blogging and Twitter, I get to see and hear...

Follow Up: LinkedIn Poll

A couple weeks ago I wrote about testing the LinkedIn polling capability, putting up this poll:

The response rate wasn’t great,...

Recap of April 2010 DMV a Day Series

Well, I managed to finish up my series that featured a DMV query every day during the month of April....

When Did SQL Server Restart?

I saw Joe Webb’s post, and then Gethryn Ellis’ post as well on when SQL Server last restarted. It’s something...

With Great Advice Comes Great Responsibility

I know that you have seen it yourself too. That forum or blog post that contains “advice” that is daft,...