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 [...]
MSSQL
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 [...]
Find Tables That Are Missing a Clustered Index
Today I had the need to find tables in a database that did not have a clustered index defined. Why would I have such a need? That’s a great question.
Anyway, I set about with a few basic questions for myself such as “Self, how many tables are there?” So I did what I normally do [...]
Cloud Computing Conference
I took part in a one day conference today on cloud computing. It took place at the Harvard Club in Boston, which was an interesting choice to have the event. I had never been to the Harvard Club before, and I enjoyed the history displayed all around me. I did not wear a coat and [...]
Good Way To Start Your Day
I have a lot of things to read on a daily basis. Some of them are recreational, but most of them are aligned with my technical interests. It is rare for me to have the time to sit down and read one book from cover to cover. So I have started reading a handful of [...]