If you are going to be in Kalamazoo this weekend and don’t have anything planned. Because, yeah, that happens. Or if you are going the the SQL Saturday this weekend in Kalamazoo, much more likely. Well… don’t get to next Monday morning and realize that you forgot about it. If you will happen to be … Continue reading SQL Saturday in Kalamazoo This Weekend
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 4 Weeks To Go
One week down and we are now 4-weeks from this years PASS Summit. Hopefully, you have already registered for the summit. If not, let’s get that out of the way first by clicking on the image below… If you aren’t convinced and haven’t registered yet, take a look at the following: StrateSQL - The PASS … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 4 Weeks To Go
September Monthly SQL Server Checklist
First day of the month and first Tuesday of the month. Yup, the list is late this month because for myself, and probably a fair number of other readers, Monday was a holiday. First day back this month, though, and it's time to check up on everything and make certain that we are earning our … Continue reading September Monthly SQL Server Checklist
PASS 2011 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go
We are now 5-weeks from this years PASS Summit. It’s time to start getting ready for the event. Hopefully, you have already registered for the summit. If not, let’s get that out of the way first by clicking on the image below… With that done, the hardest part of preparing for PASS is complete. Everything … Continue reading PASS 2011 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go
PASSion Award Nominations
One of the things that makes PASS a successful organization is the volunteers. To show it’s appreciation for these volunteers, each year PASS awards the PASSion Award to a volunteer. Before PASS can do that, though, there is a nominations process to make sure that the people in the community let PASS know who they … Continue reading PASSion Award Nominations
Re-blog – August 26-September 1
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: Divide By Zero (8/29/2007) Enjoy.
Book Status #1: Indexing for Performance
As some of you may know, I am writing a book on indexing. So far I’ve written and submitted four of the chapters to the publisher. If anyone ever says, “Writing a book is easy” – kick them. When they tell you – “it’s really hard” you might want to have them kick you. Writing … Continue reading Book Status #1: Indexing for Performance
Re-blog – August 19-August 25
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: Reporting Services Resources (8/22/2007) Find Tables and Columns by Data Type (8/24/2010) Enjoy.
Re-blog – August 12-August 18
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: Find The Heap Indexes (8/13/2008) Enjoy.
Can You Dig It? – Researching Index Scans
Follow the rest of this series at the Can You Dig It? - Plan Cache series introduction post. It’s been a while since the last plan cache series post. In the last few posts, I was focusing on specific attributes. Instead of continuing on that vein, I want to cover a use case that fit … Continue reading Can You Dig It? – Researching Index Scans
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