With SQL Rally right around the corner I thought now would be a good time to get my preview posted. Since the event is in Orlando and just a few miles away from my most recent #NASATweetup experience, I thought it was best to tie the preview to a movie with a space theme. Karen … Read more
So, once again I find myself needing to do a SQL University post on a topic we have already covered this semester. Which also means that once again I am going to mail it in and just point you to the post I wrote earlier, which is also a re-post of something I had already … Read more
So, it looks like we have a second week of Powershell for SQL University. Honestly, I wish I could say I saw this coming in the lesson plan, but I didn’t. So I don’t have much new to share with you since my last post on Powershell. And since this isn’t sweeps week, I think … Read more
Welcome back to another week of SQL University. The winter season is behind us and Spring has sprung (finally) and that’s why I haven’t been wearing pants or shoes since March 21st. Give it a try yourself and you’ll be surprised as to how the promise of good weather can really improve your daily outlook. … Read more
Welcome back to SQL University! Today we talk about Very Large DataBases (VLDBs). I hope this blog post helps get you pointed in the right direction with regards to architecting and building your very own VLDB someday. (Chances are you already have one and maybe don’t know it yet!) Let’s get it started. tempdb First … Read more
Welcome back to another week of SQL University where the topic is Performance Tuning. Show of hands: how many people think performance tuning is hard? OK, put your hands down, you are sitting at a computer and it looks really weird. Anyway, many folks think performance tuning is hard and here are the main reasons: … Read more
