Seriously, the clock is ticking and you should be in your car or a plane for PASS Summit by now. If you haven’t registered yet, you’re past cutting it close. Click the banner and do the deed, then get over to the convention center. In the spirit of all of the posts from the previous … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
I hadn't planned to post the lyrics for yesterday's song, but Mark Vaillancourt (Blog | @markvsql) thought that I should. Since he's a trusted peer, I figured why not. So below are the lyrics I used to ruin LMFAO's Sexy and I Know It. What song would you like to see SQL'd? When I stop on … Continue reading Lyrics for "SQL and I Know It"
Oh, dear! One more week until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet, you’re really cutting it close. It’s really easy to do, click on the banner below and enter some information about you and your finances – invest in your career by just typing in a 16-digit code to a financial institution. … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 1 Week To Go
It's the first Monday of the October and it's time to do a monthly checkup. If you are like me, you may be headed out to the PASS Summit next week and a vacation the week after. That means that the checklist is even more important this month for me, because there will be other … Continue reading October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are: Index Black Ops Part 4 – Index Overhead and Maintenance (9-26-2010) Enjoy.
In just a few short days, it will be time for SQL Saturday #98 in Iowa City. If you’ve got some free time this coming Saturday and are within driving distance– take the time now to register and come get some free training. While you are there, think about stepping into one of the sessions … Continue reading SQL Saturday in Iowa City This Weekend
I’m not sure how we got to 2-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet it’s really getting to be time to do that. It’s really easy to do, click on the banner below and enter your information and your neighbor’s credit card, but I didn’t say to do that. In the … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are: Scripting Out Reports (9-13-2007) Is This Cluster Good Enough? (9-14-2007) Deadlock Resources (9-17-2007) Index Black Ops Part 3 – Index Usage (9-21-2010) Enjoy.
Another week down and there are now 3-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. Take a moment and register now if you haven’t. It’s really easy to do, click on the banner below and enter your information and your manager’s credit card information. She called me earlier today, go ahead and do it. No, really… This … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
Every couple days, I’ve been checking for it and finally tonight I saw that the upcoming edition of SQL Server MVP Deep Dives has been listed on Amazon.com. No image for the new book yet, so I grabbed the old cover art. UPDATE: Found cover art. This isn’t an update to the previous edition … Continue reading MVP Deep Dives 2 – Pre-Order
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