Is Anybody Using That Stored Procedure?

Introduction
From time to time I get asked to check if a stored procedure is still used in preparation for dropping...

Swing and a Miss

I missed my first newsletter today. It wasn’t until I went to schedule tomorrow’s that I realized I hadn’t sent...

SCSUG April Meeting Reminder

A reminder to anyone in the Brevard County Florida area:

 
The SCSUG monthly meeting is at 6:30 on Thursday, April...

24 Hours of PASS v2.0

The kids over at the Professional Association of SQL Server Users have done it again. They’re hosting 24 Hours of...

Uninstall 64 bit and reinstall 32 bit SQL Server

For reason's beyond the scope of this post I needed to uninstall a 64 bit version of SQL server standard...

Confio Ignite: First Impressions

One of the national sponsors for SQL Satuday is Confio Software. Just because they sponsor SQL Saturday, it’s worth checking out their...

Handicapped by Choice

The picture I got from public school about evolutionary processes - and the view that I think most people share - has...

Big Iron on Windows 2008 R2, Earning its Keep!

This screenshot goes in the category of “geek porn”…  It shows an IA64 system with 256 logical processors and 512GB...

What I Do to Prep a Technical Presentation

This was a question asked on Twitter the other day, "How do folks prepare for a presentation?" Here are some...

24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2

Well, we finally got the ok to start talking about the second 24 Hours of PASS event, called 24 Hours...