A Title for the end of the 20th Century Farewell out-dated and stodgy title. So long connotation that alludes to buzzing fluorescent lights over a cluttered, tiny cubicle in the back corner of a windowless basement nerd farm next to the copier and coffee machine; smell of cheap, burnt java roasting for hours. Adios, to(…)
The Question at Hand I recently had someone ask about whether the missing index dynamic management objects returned results for the indexed view or the underlying table. If you were to go strictly by the what is presented from the Microsoft TechNet the answer would be: the underlying table. That answer would be wrong. Let’s(…)
SQL Server Pro Magazine recently asked that I give my predictions as to what 2014 holds for SQL Server as a platform and the SQL Community at large. My thoughts, along with those from friends and colleagues Denny Cherry, Jen Underwood, Brent Ozar and Mark Kromer were just published and I invite you to read(…)