I was thinking about buying a car the other day. I went into the dealer and looked at some convertibles because I’m getting old and I’ve never owned a convertible and I want my kids to have a fun car when they are old enough to drive in the next ten years. Anyway, the dealer … Read more
Well, it’s official, the MS newsgroups are going the way of Microsoft Bob by the end of this year. While I have never hid my feelings for newsgroups or forums I will say that participating in the private MVP newsgroups was one of the benefits I enjoyed the most as an MVP. So, I should … Read more
Yesterday I had the opportunity to give a presentation on SQL Azure to the newly formed Hartford SQL Server Users Group. I wanted the talk to be as interactive as possible. I brought along the usual bribes giveaways that speakers use to solicit some interaction from the audience (three copies of my book, DBA Survivor, … Read more
Tomorrow I will be presenting at the first ever Hartford SQL Server Users Group. The title of the talk is Cloud Computing with SQL Azure, but only because I couldn’t pull together my first choice which was “Dora the Cloud Explorer”. Sorry, but I ran out of time on that because I’ve been a little … Read more
Today I had the need to find tables in a database that did not have a clustered index defined. Why would I have such a need? That’s a great question. Anyway, I set about with a few basic questions for myself such as “Self, how many tables are there?” So I did what I normally … Read more
I took part in a one day conference today on cloud computing. It took place at the Harvard Club in Boston, which was an interesting choice to have the event. I had never been to the Harvard Club before, and I enjoyed the history displayed all around me. I did not wear a coat and … Read more
