I’ll be posting a summit wrap-up after I return next week from my honeymoon. Until then, though, I wanted to make sure that anyone that wanted them, had the materials I used in my presentation. [download id="50"] Execution plans are stored after execution in the plan cache. This metadata about how queries are executed can … Continue reading PASS Summit 2011 Session Materials
PASS Summit 2011 – Keynote Day #3
Final day at the PASS Summit. That means it's time to hear from David Dewitt. This is the keynote of the week. And I am glad to be able to put up a blog about this from the bloggers table.... The Key Note [liveblog]
Lyrics for “Hold On”
Since I put up the lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”, it only makes sense to continue the tradition and give you all the lyrics for the latest song. Of course, this is questionably “music” but at least they entertain me. When I first started doing all of these posts, this was actually the … Continue reading Lyrics for “Hold On”
MADPASS Follow-Up
A couple weeks back, I drove out to Madison to present at the MADPASS user group. These guys have a great setup for recording and broadcasting their meetings. Unfortunately, my laptop did not cooperate with the event and the broadcast of my session didn’t go so well. To help get the content out there, I’ll … Continue reading MADPASS Follow-Up
SQL Saturday 98 Follow-Up
I’ve been meaning to follow-up with links to the presentations that I delivered at SQL Saturday 98. It’s a few weeks late, but they are all now uploaded to the SQL Saturday site. If you don’t want to go there, you can get this here as well: [download id="5"] [download id="8"] [download id="48"] I had … Continue reading SQL Saturday 98 Follow-Up
PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
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
Lyrics for "SQL and I Know It"
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"
PASS 2011 Countdown – 1 Week To Go
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
October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
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
Re-blog – September 23 – September 30
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.
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