MSSQL

Sometimes Size Does Matter

I came across an interesting situation today that I thought I would pass along. A person contacted me asking about a specific error message:
Could not allocate space for object ‘whatever’ in database
‘dbname’ because the ‘PRIMARY’ filegroup is full
I asked them to verify that there was space available on the disk and they confirmed that [...]

Presenting at DBA Virtual Chapter Tomorrow

Tomorrow at Noon EDT I will be presenting on SQL Server 2008 Audit. It will be similar to the talk I gave this past weekend at SQL Saturday #39. I will need to make some changes because it is a much different dynamic to present virtually as opposed to being with a group of people [...]

24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2

I am happy to write this semi-official announcement regarding the upcoming 24 Hours of PASS event to be held on May 19th and 20th. This is the second event of this type that PASS has put together and the first one that I have had the privilege to help pull together. I know that I [...]