Running a Small User Group - Getting Help

When we first started Midlands PASS, we tried to do it the way PASS suggested. We tried to get folks...

Outlook or LinkedIN

Funny the things you don’t think about until you hear someone doing it a different way. In this case it...

Fun With DBCC FREEPROCCACHE

Nearly anytime you see the command DBCC FREEPROCCACHE mentioned in a blog post, magazine article or book, you get some...

Where’s My Laptop

It’s been almost 4 weeks without my laptop. I mailed it back to Toshiba and they received it on Dec...

Where’s My Laptop

It’s been almost 4 weeks without my laptop. I mailed it back to Toshiba and they received it on Dec...

Running a Small User Group - Getting Quality Speakers

Midlands PASS is a small user group. We average about 15 people coming to meetings, which is good for Columbia,...

Scratch – A Programming Language for Kids

I ran across Scratch in a PC World article a while back. It’s a free download from MIT, and is...

Presenting a Live Meeting vs. a Real Meeting

I recently had the opportunity to present,  Nuggets Found by Mining the Default Trace, for SQLLunch.  This was my first...

Who Uses Rules?

Someone submitted an article recently that walked through how to find the rules in your database, which columns they were...

Little info about Resouce DB (SQL Server 2008-2005)

Little info about System Resource Database in (SQL Server 2008/2005)

The fifth system database in both versions (SQL Server 2008 - 2005)...