Jun 3 2009
Give Me A Coconut and Six Months
If you had no other matters to attend to at work what would you do? WHAT WOULD YOU DO HOTSHOT?
May 28 2009
A Dear John Letter to My Software Vendors
I really think we need to talk. We’ve been seeing each other for what seems like forever now; it’s been at least 10 years for some of us in this relationship, right? We never promised that we would not keep secrets, but I really need to ask you what’s going on. For years now you [...]
May 19 2009
Determine the Last Start Date for a SQL Server Instance
Simple way to determine the last time the SQL Server service was started.
May 7 2009
Good Third Party Vendors Are Like Drug Dealers (in a good way)
Yesterday I was in full crisis mode dealing with a production server that was not showing love to the users; I call that Wednesday. Phone rings; number I’m not familiar with, and harmless according to the caller id. I answer it and get a full press sales pitch from <REDACTED> barely after I can get [...]
Apr 30 2009
If SQL Server Was a Musician
What does SQL Server, David Hasselhoff, Lance Armstrong’s groin, and Courtney Love have in common?
Apr 27 2009
SQL Quiz 4 – A Great Leader From Your Past
A pond is forever changed when a single pebble is dropped to it’s hidden depths. The effect is invisible on the surface, but the pond will never be the same. Each person we come into contact with leaves a mark on us long after they’re gone. We do the same to every other person we meet. This is a story about one of my pebbles.
Apr 26 2009
My Top 5 SQL Server Indexing Best Practices
What are the top 5 indexing best practices? That’s pretty subjective, but here you go. I’m sure the list would be different tomorrow or even five minutes from now.
Mar 6 2009
A Line in the Sand
What are your practices when it comes to dealing with commercially developed database performance issues in your environment?
