Blog Post: PASS Performance Virtual Chapter Webcast
A quick check of my calendar this morning reminded me that I am presenting a session for the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter this week. It’s completely free, you just need to be a member of PASS in...
View ArticleBlog Post: December 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
image source The holidays are upon us and it’s the first Monday in December. That means it’s time once again to take a look at your SQL Server environment and verify that things are where you want it...
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #60
Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up. If you follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of things I find interesting. While these...
View ArticleBlog Post: Is It Time For Your Checkup?
It’s now December and on the top of everyone’s list (besides Cyber Monday and having your purchases be delivered by drones) is being healthy…whether it’s personal or business! We all know that DBA’s...
View ArticleBlog Post: So, This Happened Today…
It started like any other Monday following a long holiday weekend. Hundreds of emails to filter through, a new client launch (after a holiday weekend? Really?), and a pager that somehow survived the...
View ArticleBlog Post: #SQLSat233 Washington DC Count Down #SQLSat
We are just days away form SQL Saturday 233 in Washington DC and if you are on the fence as to whether you will be attending or not let me give you 10 reason why this is a must event. 1. Andy Leonard...
View ArticleBlog Post: Disk Space GUI Tool – Multiple Servers with GridView and Email Output
This tool helps you get the disk space information on the computers of your choice. Either you can type the path of an input file or hit ‘Browse Button’ to select the file using dialog option. Put the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power BI for Office 365 requirements
“Power BI” is an umbrella name for a lot of products, which I explain at Power BI first impressions (also I have a video at Power BI for Office 365 video ). Each of these products have different...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Welcome!
Hi There, Just wonder has anyone successfully tried the "Project Lucy" in Toad for SQL Server? I have installed the latest Toad for SQL 6.1 (via Tools- Quest Tools- Project Lucy - Performance...
View ArticleBlog Post: Digging Around For Free Tools – Google Code
Digging Around In Google Code Google Code was very thin when it comes to SQL Server. I did find a few of interesting projects that may appeal to others as well as me. I will say there was a TON of use...
View ArticleBlog Post: Tweet Tweet – What Developers Need to Know About SQL Server
Thankfully for us, all databases come with a manual. Unfortunately for the manual, not everyone has time to read it – but have no fear, Dell Software is here! In a recent Twitter Chat hosted by Brent...
View ArticleBlog Post: PASS Summit 2014 Early Bird Rate Ends Friday!
Just a quick note that the PASS Summit 2014 Early Bird rate of $1095 ends Friday 6 December. You don’t have to look very hard to find lots of blog posts about how PASS Summit is an amazing experience...
View ArticleBlog Post: PowerShell- Monitoring Multiple Service on a Group of Servers
I got a request to monitor multiple services and send an email to intended recipients. This post explains how to monitor a multiple services on a group of servers. The function Get-ServiceStatusReport...
View ArticleBlog Post: Doing It Right: Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
You sit down at your desk. It’s 9:10AM and your coffee is still warm. There is a smell of bacon in the air. Suddenly your phone rings. The trading system is down. The time for quick thinking is now....
View ArticleBlog Post: Insert into a table using only default values
A while back I talked about the DEFAULT keyword and using it to tell SQL to use the default value without having to specify an actual value. Well along that same note, what do you do if you want all...
View ArticleBlog Post: Overly Complex Views, Procedures And Functions
Takeaway: I define a metric which indicates a code-smell for overly complex views, procedures and functions: “FROM” count. In the programming world, developers have defined metrics for how complex a...
View ArticleBlog Post: My Online MDX Training Course Is Now Live!
Recently I spent a few days with Rafal Lukawiecki recording videos of my MDX training course for Project Botticelli. I’m now pleased to announce that the first two videos (to add to the free video I...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power Query Preview November Update
As I mentioned in my previous post (see Power BI first impressions ), Power Query is a great new tool and Microsoft has been updating it frequently. The latest update has many new features, among...
View ArticleBlog Post: How To Get The TableDiff Utility
Tablediff is a command line utility that comes with SQL Server to compare the data and schema in two tables for differences and generate a T-SQL script to synchronize them. It's a rudimentary but...
View ArticleBlog Post: Getting Started with a Career in BI
It’s unbelievable how often I get asked about where to begin with a career in Business Intelligence (BI). So, here’s my thoughts on it. If anyone has additional thoughts I’d love to hear them in the...
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