Welcome back to another installment of SQL University. This week we will be talking about a topic that is often overlooked: database design. On second thought, “overlooked” may not be the correct choice. I think a more accurate description would be NULL. That’s right, I just said that database design is an unknown entity to [...]
Timing Is Everything
Earlier this month I announced that I was leaving my former company in order to join Confio Software. Last week, Brent Ozar wrote a blog post where he mentioned my transition. Today, Brent announced that he, too, was changing jobs. Brent is giving up one dream job for another. And Brent has written about everything [...]
Community Communication
During my last night in New Orleans for TechEd I was approached by a man who stopped me and said, essentially:
“What makes you guys so special?”
The man was Rob Collie (blog | twitter), and he was asking about the SQL Community as a whole. And I really had no answer for Rob. We talked about [...]
PASS Call for Nominations is Open
The call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors has been announced. The past three years I have been involved in the process as a candidate. This time, I am proud to tell everyone that I was asked to serve on the nominations committee. In other words, for years I was eating the bacon, [...]