Dec 6 2011
It certainly doesn’t take a rocket scientist to go to space… John Candy spent dog years in space in Spaceballs… Abbot and Costello went to Mars… Eddie Murphy hammed his way through Pluto Nash… (though even HE won’t admit that) Ben Affleck escaped gravity (and J-Lo) in Armageddon… Jane Fonda found Duran(d) Duran(d) in Barbarella… [...]
Dec 2 2011
We all deserve a break don’t we? That’s what I remember being told by Ronald McDonald back when I was growing up in the 1970′s. Who’s to say that we also can’t learn something new while stepping away from the data center craziness. A couple years ago I did a few rounds of (Not) Madlibs [...]
Nov 15 2011
Recently I found myself in a situation where I needed to make a mass change to the operator that was to be notified in the event of a failure. This change had to occur across all SQL instances under my administrative control. Do I need to perform a repetitive process for hundreds of SQL Agent [...]
Nov 14 2011
Editor’s Note: The catalyst for this post was a call received at 4:45am from my mom. As soon as I heard the ring and saw the name flash on the screen I already knew what to expect once I answered. The phone call lasted less than a minute. The lessons I learned from the man [...]
Nov 10 2011
As I continue to get caught up with my goals of 12 books pertaining to my professional development over the course of the 12 months since SQL Cruise Alaska 2011 I’m here with book #3: Strength Finders 2.0. This is the book Buck Woody (blog|twitter) had as a pre-cruise reading requirement. It’s not so much [...]
Nov 7 2011
We all knew the dream had to come to an end at some point. Effective with licensing changes for SQL Server 2012 is the end of licensing based upon CPU sockets as an option for SQL Server. Since I’ve only ever had to deal with processor licensing (low CAL diet for me, thanks) I’m focused [...]
Nov 2 2011
This past weekend marked the last of my scheduled travel for SQL Server training through the end of the year. I would have loved to have attended the SQL Connections conference in Las Vegas, having not been there since 2008, but commitments at home would not allow for it. Connections has a completely different vibe [...]
Oct 13 2011
After a much-needed early turn-in and long reboot period Day Two kicked off with a donning of the kilt for #SQLKilt Day, a trip to Le Panier with Tom LaRock, Colin Stasuikidkficc, um Edmonton Colin, and Erin Stellato. Along the way we picked up a few extra peeps. Coffee and pastries in hand we hit [...]
