New Bookshelf

Like a lot of people, I want as much information as I can possibly get in the shortest amount of time. Think Keanu and the Matrix, except I don’t want to live in a pod of goo and have the base of my skull altered in order to accept downloads. But, if I can learn … Read more

A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

“…but you can hear it on the coconut telegraph…” Well, it happened. Again. I got tagged by Tim Ford (@SQLAgentman), who talks about surviving for six months on a tropical island with your only sustenance being coconuts and you spend the time dreaming about all the things you would like to be spending time doing … Read more

AutoGrow Apparently Means "I Don’t Care"

Well, at least that is the impression I have from Operations Manager. Let me explain why. It all started around the time we were making some adjustments to one of our servers that was not performing as well as our end users would have liked. The short end of that story is that we ended … Read more

PASS Webinar Today

What do people mean when the talk about “dimensions” in SSAS? Attend this webinar with Jessica Moss and find out everything you want to know about dimensions, attributes, and hierachies. Introduction to SSAS Dimensions Speaker: Jessica M. Moss May 26th 12:00pm ET Topic Description: SQL Server MVP Jessica M. Moss will provide an introduction to … Read more

More Twitter Love

“…i don’t care what you think, as long as it’s about me, the best of us can find happiness in misery…” A while back I wrote a post about why I do not like newsgroups, and how much better the MVP forums are. Some comments were left that indicated I was being an ass for … Read more

PASS Webinar Today

When was the last time you rolled your own…anything? Brent Ozar is going to show you how you can roll your own replication during this free webinar. Rolling Your Own Replication Speaker: Brent Ozar Tuesday, May 19th, 1:00pm ET SQL Server’s built-in replication has made great strides in the last couple of versions, but what … Read more