This past weekend was SQLSaturday #34 in Waltham, MA, which is close enough to Boston that I should just say it was in Boston so that everyone outside of New England would have an idea as to where it was. But then I remembered that everyone outside of New England only knows of Boston whenever … Read more
Actually, it is more like I am presenting for the C-Bus UG, since I will not physically be at the Kid’s Battle in C-Bus when the talk is given. And the idea that kid’s are going to be fighting during my talk seems distracting, not to mention it makes C-Bus seem a little violent. So, I … Read more
I was asked last week if knew a query that would return the size of the databases that have been discovered by Operations Manager. I went about digging through some old queries I put together and found the information that was requested. Inside the OperationsManager database look for a view named MTV_Database. All discovered databases … Read more
Linked server configurations are often overlooked when it comes to environmental baselines. I don’t know of too many people who go out of their way to track such details. And I have often been surprised by vendor software packages that claim to track system changes but do not include linked server information. One thing about … Read more
Back in the day, I drove an ’83 Pontiac Grand Prix. It was actually my mother’s car but at some point during my college years it was transferred into my name. Probably at the time I sold it right before moving to Washington State is the precise moment it became “mine” and “not mine” all … Read more
I had my latest article go live over at Simple-Talk recently. It is the story of a boy who finds himself in Seattle, mesmerized by the Highlander, entertained by the court jester, and coming to the realization that Powershell Is Good (P.I.G., codename: Bacon). In the end the boy finds a way to build his … Read more
