A couple weeks back someone asked me some questions about data types. Apparently, while implementing some financial data, each developer on the project had chosen their own data type. This was a bit of a problem that can lead to serious problems. When financial data is rounded unexpectedly - bad things can sometimes happen and … Continue reading Find Tables and Columns by Data Type
This Friday I’ll be traveling to Nashville for SQL Saturday #51. Because I rock, I picked a 5:40 AM flight out of Minnesota. That means, after a stop in Milwaukee for cheese I should touchdown in Tennessee around 9 AM. Awesome! An entire day with Sarah (twitter | blog) and a rental car. Since I … Continue reading Nashville In One Day
It’s been a busy week and I haven’t been able to put the time in to picking the winner for the MSDN Ultimate Subscription contest I was running through July 31st. I know I suck. Tonight during a client’s SQL Server 2008 migration I took a couple minutes to write down the names of each … Continue reading MSDN Ultimate Subscription Winner
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter today at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution plans are a gold mine of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter next week. It’ll be on July 28 at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Using XML to Query Execution Plans. The abstract for the event is the following: SQL Server stores its execution plans as XML in dynamic management views. The execution … Continue reading Webcast Next Week – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASS Performance Virtual Chapter later today starting at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types. The abstract for the event is the following: User defined functions provide a means to encapsulate business logic in the database tier. Often the purpose of … Continue reading Webcast Today – Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
Along with a number of my MVP peers, I received three (3) MSDN Ultimate subscriptions. These were sent to us with the intention of finding someone that hasn’t had the opportunity to use Visual Studio 2010 and provide them with the opportunity to get in and play with it. MSDN Ultimate Subscription If you aren’t … Continue reading What Would You Build? MSDN Subscription Giveaway
In anticipation of today, earlier this week I had declared today Pancake Day and started the day making pancakes. It was a great way to blow through the first hour without wearing out the F5 key on my laptop. Now the waiting is over and I am happy to say my SQL Server MVP status … Continue reading MVP Status Renewed
I was asked to take a look at an issue the other day regarding displaying Microsoft Project Task’s Notes in SSRS 2008. If you’ve worked with building reports for Microsoft Project Server, you have no doubt dealt with the RTF data that is stored in the Task’s Notes fields. With SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services … Continue reading Displaying Microsoft Project Task’s Notes in SSRS 2008
If you talk to Sarah (twitter), she’ll tell you that I like lists. Lists are awesome – they are almost like non-structured data. They are hierarchies of information that I can work with. They are Data. Microsoft must have known I liked lists because over the weekend I discovered (see below) their SQL Server Best … Continue reading SQL Server Best Practice Whitepapers
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