It’s that time of year again, the time where we all think about what we want to accomplish for the next twelve months. Since I did fairly well with my 2009 goals, and since it is always a good idea to write down your objectives, I decided to get my done today and then tag [...]
SQL Prime Rib
We decided to host Christmas dinner for our families this year. There were to be about fifteen people coming over for dinner. Suzanne and I set the menu and we went with a standing rib roast as the main attraction. Early in the week Suzanne stopped at our local meat outlet and walked out with [...]
SQL University Hoops Practice
OK everyone, great job against UDB the other night. It was a real team effort and it made me proud to see just how far we have come in a short amount of time. Our last game is tomorrow afternoon, making this our last practice for the semester. We have to head across town to [...]
A [DBA] Christmas Story
With Christmas coming this Friday I wanted to take some time and reflect upon the past year. 2009 has been quite a ride for me professionally and personally. Lots of action over the past twelve months. I wanted to take some time to reflect, recharge, and redirect where I want to go over the next [...]
Finding Servers On Your Network
I have seen more than one blog post written about how you can use sqlcmd /L to find the SQL Servers on your network. I have seen it mentioned so many times, in fact, that I started to believe it myself. I mean, why would I doubt such statements, especially when I have never used /L [...]
PASS Board Year End Summary
Rushabh Mehta recently posted a blog entry that helps to describe how the PASS Board members have operated in the past with regards to portfolio assignments. After reading his post it occurred to me that I should do a year end summary for my involvement on the PASS Board of Directors.
Last December I was asked [...]