Please refrain from deciding where to place databases upon install. I have already configured a default data and log directory. If you really feel the need to create databases upon your installation, then just accept the default locations I have configured. I can appreciate your application going out of its way to help, I really … Read more
Opened up SQL 2008 Management Studio. Double-click on a job, up pops the Job Properties screen. So far, so good. Go to the step properties, up pops another window, all still good. Next, hit CRTL-A and get beeped. WTF? I have to right-click in order to do a select all? No keyboard shortcut? I see … Read more
So, I happened to see a tweet today that Joe Webb was about to present for the Charlotte SQL User group. The talk was schedule to start in ten minutes and although I was already doing three things I figured I could add in a fourth and listen to Joe talk. I dropped a quick email … Read more
I have officially recognized the fact that I am on my PASS high. It always happens after the conference and lasts for a few weeks at the very least. One time it lasted three months before burning off. What is a PASS high? Quite simply, it is the extra energy you have to help in … Read more
Found this nugget from Grant Fritchey, who linked out to an article on Simple-Talk by Tony Davis. Join us as we fight in the Battle Against Lawless Database Design (BALD-D or baldy). Not a day goes by where I do not stumble across some element of a database that makes me slap my hand to my … Read more
I managed to pick up some endorsements from two of the “liberal elite bloggers”, Brent Ozar and Grant Fritchey. I appreciate their kind words and wanted to make sure I dropped a quick “Thank You”. I was also mentioned by TJ Belt on his blog. Thanks guys, i know we can get through this upgrade. … Read more
