Gail Shaw (Blog) writes the best material I’ve seen on indexes and queries. Her posts consistently have great examples with code that you can execute to see what she’s talking about, but here’s my favorite part – you don’t have to run the code because she does such a good job of explaining the topic. I think I’ve learned something every single time she’s posted a blog entry.
I approached Gail about building a wiki article on index column order a few months ago, then I got hit by a busload of tasks and had to put that article on the back burner. Now that the article’s out, a group of SQL Server DBAs and bloggers have unanimously voted it as the Wiki Article of the Month for August 2009. We’ve never had a unanimous vote before!
The winner of the Article of the Month gets perks big time. They get a Box O’ Swag, and they’re invited to join the Quest Experts Community. The Experts get licensing & support for the Quest SQL Server portfolio (LiteSpeed, Spotlight, Performance Analysis, Capacity Manager, Change Director, Toad, etc.), early downloads of betas, inside access to Product Managers, and more. (Coincidentally, Microsoft MVPs get this same access – if you’re an MVP and you didn’t know about this, go register for the community now.)
If you’d like to see your name in lights, check out the How to Contribute page at SQLServerPedia. If you’re not sure what to write about, check out the article requests by section. These are topics our readers have found interesting or would like to learn about. When you’ve picked a topic, shoot me an email and I’d be glad to help you get started. You can use material you’ve written for other sites, too, like your own blog.
And don’t forget – this month you can win a free trip to the PASS Summit for contributing!
