Speaking at PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter on Wednesday
This Wednesday I will be presenting for the PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter at 11AM CST on one of my favorite...
2013-02-13
672 reads
Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Right sizing your virtual machine for maximum database performance
I have a new blog post up at HouseOfBrick.com on why you should understand your workload performance characteristics. When you...
2013-02-11
940 reads
Back from a vacation and ready to hit the ground running
I doubt you noticed but I took a few weeks to relax, so no tech for me. Last week my...
2013-02-11
893 reads
Speaking at VMware Partner Exchange on February 24
I am pleased to announce that I am speaking at VMware’s Partner Exchange for their CI1464 – Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server...
2013-01-26
793 reads
SQL Server certification path
At the House of BrickSolutions Architect blog, I have a new post up on the path to full SQL Server...
2013-01-23
762 reads
Guest blog post and whitepaper at VMware on Shadow IT
Yesterday I was featured as a guest on the VMware.com vFabric blog to introduce a whitepaper that I authored on...
2013-01-22
1,010 reads
Example of SQL Server table partitioning
Recently, one of my favorite customers asked me some very thought-provoking questions about using database partitioning to move transactional data around. Their...
2013-01-18 (first published: 2013-01-14)
14,950 reads
VCAP5-DCA study guide is now available
Paul Grevink has released a great study guide for the VMware VCAP5-DCA exam. It’s available here! I’ll be using it...
2013-01-01
722 reads
My 2012 Year
What a wild year this has been. There have been ups and downs, but the ups have been incredible. To...
2013-01-01
931 reads
vSphere 5.1 Performance Statistic History Bug
I just discovered a few posts calling out a bug in the vSphere 5.1 vCenter performance statistic rollup procedure for...
2012-12-31
1,502 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 4: Happy...
Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Is Fabric a Reliable Service...
locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers