So you're tired of craptastic plastic, and you're noticing more and more SQL Server people toting around shiny metal computers? Here's what you need to know. Running Windows On Your Mac If you're reading this, you probably make a living working with Windows software, and you're worried about how it'll work. Let's get that out of the ...
A little time has passed since we found out PASS didn't allow Steve Jones (Blog - @Way0utwest) on the ballot for the Board of Directors election, and I've heard a lot from friends of mine on both sides. There's a lot of passionate disagreement when somebody who's done all this can't make the ...
A few months back, Microsoft gave MVPs a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to pass on to community members, no strings attached. I quietly gave mine to a few deserving folks who I thought could be future MVPs, but Arnie Rowland (Blog - @ArnieRowland) had a better idea. Arnie's Project Phoenix encourages developers to ...
Aaron Nelson (Blog – @SQLVariant) had an excellent idea about a year ago. Anytime someone needed help with a SQL Server question, they could include the phrase #SQLHelp in the tweet. Community members set up a search for that term in their Twitter tool, and whenever the questions came in, we would answer. ...
Tired of reading about the PASS elections? Here's some links to clear your head: SQL Server Links Inside the Optimiser: Constructing a Plan - Paul White is writing some of the best SQL Server blog posts I've read in a long, long time. The guy is just on fire. This four-part series is gold. Does ...
A few months back, Microsoft gave MVPs a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to pass on to community members, no strings attached. I quietly gave mine to a few deserving folks who I thought could be future MVPs, but Arnie Rowland (Blog – @ArnieRowland) had a better idea. Arnie’s Project Phoenix encourages developers to propose a [...]
Read More »A few months ago, I had The Idea. I wanted to conduct SQL Server training on a cruise ship. I emailed a few buddies and offered to start a company called SQLCruise with them, and out of three friends, only one could say yes. I don’t have anything against the two who said no. I [...]
Read More »Most SQL Server DBAs don’t even like MySQL, let alone NoSQL. They cringe when they hear people say things like, “I don’t need transactions” or “The data will eventually be consistent” or “Indexes will be supported in the next version.” SQL Server and Oracle people are constantly trying to out-feature each other, and the abject [...]
Read More »In August 2008, Lady Gaga released her premier album The Fame. This 13-track work produced several hit singles including Just Dance, Poker Face, and Paparazzi – but it also produced plenty of controversy. Her exaggerated use of fashion, musical cliches, and sex gave her plenty of media attention – both good and bad. If you’ve [...]
Read More »Pop quiz: should you be worried if your SQL Server’s page life expectancy is averaging 214? There’s only one correct answer: it depends.
Performance tuning is all about finding the RIGHT bottleneck, focusing on it, and fixing it to the application owner’s satisfaction. Learn what happens if you don’t do it right.
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