SQL 2008 Book by Grant Fritchey

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

Vendor Frustrations

Tim Ford recently shared his frustrations with vendor applications and support and then tagged me for a response. I have been tagged so many times in the past week I am starting to feel like Tara Reid on Spring Break. I have had so many frustrations with vendor products that I gave up trying to keep … Read more

Question For Today

I noticed quite a few bloggers like to have a weekly item where they either post some links, or post links about their tweets, or ask poll-type questions. Never one to not follow a crowd, I figured I would start tossing out my own weekly question if for no other reason than to take my … Read more

Letter generator = FAIL

A while back I was sent this letter from a local car dealer. I remember reading it once, thinking something was wrong, and then doing a double-take when I read it a second time.                   Seriously, WTF? I keep this letter on my cubical wall as a … Read more