DBA Hell

On the first day of DBA hell, the server gave to me

A database with damaged system tables and no good...

Virtualizing Servers in Production

The company where I work has been using virtualization in development, QA, testing, etc., for many years now. We have...

Daily SQL Server 2008 New Features – Day 23

Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...

SQL Server XML Schemas

Ever been curious about the schema of , say an SSRS rdl file ?  How about the execution plan ?
Not only should...

Networking – A Year Later

I was excited to attend the networking session last year at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I had talked...

oPASS Meeting Tonight June 15, 2010 – Featuring Kendal Van Dyke

We’re meeting from 6-8 pm as usual, with Kendal Van Dyke presenting Paging Dr Availability, You’re Wanted In the Recovery...

Report Render Duration

Every once in a while I come across a scenario where I really want to know how long it took...

Maps in Reports!

I’ve been playing with SQL Server 2008 R2 for quite a while in the CTP’s and what not. But, I hadn’t made...

T-SQL Tuesday #007 – Roundup

New hotness
First of all I apologize for this roundup taking more time than usual to appear. This last week was...

Potential Pre-Cons for SQLSaturday #49

In previous years we’ve just invited a speaker or two to submit a presentation for an all day paid event...