Thomas LaRockRecently we had a vendor suggest to us that we turn off the option for NOCOUNT on their database. Upon hearing this my first question was, naturally, why? What was the issue such that they would say they wanted this turned off for their database(s)? Those questions were immediately followed by, naturally, how? How do … Read more
Grant Fritchey’s new book is now available on Amazon, you can order it from the link below. SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled I have know Grant for a few years now and have always been impressed with how he able to dissect query plans as well as his overall performance tuning abilities. This … Read more
Something smells rotten in Denmark (it’s probably all that cheese). This past weekend I started thinking about what it really means to have your databases hosted in the cloud. My first thought was that it struck me as being exactly the same as an Application Service Provider. I mean, MS SQL is an application, right? And … Read more
Well, it’s Friday, and time for another question. And yes, I am phoning it in this week, as my question is going to be: WTF? I look forward to your replies.
Well, it did not take long for me to screw up on the PASS Board of Directors. I missed my deadline for reporting on my monthly progress. However, I have not been inactive since taking office two months ago. In fact, the PASS SIGs have made some progress over the past eight weeks. A lot of work … Read more
I think this sums up the power of Kiwi bacon quite nicely: it make vegetarians want to hurt each other.
