I've been selected to speak at the Tampa SQL Saturday coming up at the end of January. I'm a bit pumped to be going down there since I woke up this morning to below zero weather for yet another day. Not that I'm complaining, but my feet could definitely use a little bit of heat. … Continue reading Speaking at Tampa SQL Saturday
A few weeks ago I posted a job that I use to track wait stats in the DBA database that I bring to a number of clients. I had promised to follow-up with a couple or three reports that could be used to monitor the values that were being aggregated in those tables. Before getting … Continue reading Wait Stat Categories
With the next release of SQL Server, data analysis is going to go through a major change with the PowerPivot add-in for Excel and SharePoint. If you haven’t been keeping up with these changes to Business Intelligence, SSWUG.org has an opportunity for you to get up to speed. On January 22, 2010 there will be … Continue reading Pushing Excel Through A Wormhole
I’ve blogged about certifications a number of times in the past. One of the certifications that I really want to obtain in the future is the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) for SQL Server 2008. This is a great certification that really dives in deep and requires classroom training and labs as part of the certification … Continue reading MCM Reading List – A New Years Resolution
It’s a very good question. One that might not seem to insidious. Nothing that should be able to bring down the system and cause failures. Or will it? I’ve been to a number of clients and done it myself before where I start to check out a stored procedure with some performance issues and sitting … Continue reading Does Your Stored Procedure Grant Itself Permissions?
I got to work with deadlocks quite a bit recently. There were quite a few interesting ones that came up that I had the chance to research. Since I like easy, I’ll start with the one that I forgot to grab the deadlock details for. Well, maybe not all of the details… in this case … Continue reading Deadlocks on exchangeEvent and threadpool
If you don’t know where you've been, how can you expect to know where you are going. Seems like such a simple little line and I’m sure many of us can look at history, politicians, and maybe that restaurant review that you didn't heed when it comes to this line. But this also applies to DBAs and more specifically … Continue reading If You Don’t Know Where You’ve Been
A few times this past week I heard the quote, “Hi, Eric Stratton, Rush chairman, damn glad to meet you”. That line kind of summarizes what the PASS Summit was like for me this year. It’s been like coming to a week long rush event for the best fraternity in the world. This fraternity isn’t … Continue reading Hi, Eric Stratton, Rush chairman…
The SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference starts this morning. Are you planning to take advantage of this opportunity? The Rock Starspeakers are waiting in the channels, anticipating you every move. But, have you registered? It’s not too late. If you can’t get to the sessions today, there is always tonight to go through and view them. … Continue reading Tap, Tap, Tap – SSWUG Conference Starts Today
It starts next week,the SSWUG Ultimate Virtual Conference on October 21-24. This is an excellent opportunity to get the benefits of heading to a conference full of Rock Star speakers while being able to view the content from the comforts of home or your desk. Have you registered? If you haven’t registered yet, I really … Continue reading Are You Registered?
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