If you are not one of the few lucky folks who scored a ticket to SQL Inspire this weekend (where I will be giving my talk that I have simply named “SQL Someday”) and you are looking for something to do this weekend with all your spare time, I have a suggestion for you: go … 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
Everyone needs training. It does not matter what your level of experience. Everyone has room for improvement. The improvement could be something dramatic, such as going from being a novice to someone highly skilled. Or it could be that someone who is highly skilled wants to hone those skills even further in order to stay … Read more
Jeremiah Peschka claims to have quickly and easily put together this post on how to attend the PASS Summit on the cheap. In my book, that is his way of saying he is fast, cheap, and easy, but he claims that he has only two of those three traits. If you have concerns about getting … Read more
“…but you can hear it on the coconut telegraph…” Well, it happened. Again. I got tagged by Tim Ford (@SQLAgentman), who talks about surviving for six months on a tropical island with your only sustenance being coconuts and you spend the time dreaming about all the things you would like to be spending time doing … Read more
