How Silly

Have you ever done anything that made you feel like a dunderhead?  Maybe a little bone-headed, thick, numb-skullish? Here is my grin and bear it oops post about a recent post I wrote.  I somehow […]

LV April SQL Users Group Meeting

S3OLV or SSSOLV will be holding our meeting Thursday April 8th.  The User Group is in affiliation with PASS and meets monthly typically on the second thursday of the month. This month we will be […]

IP and Default Trace…T-SQL Tuesday #005

When it is necessary to provide reports on activity occurring on the server, it pays to do a little prep work. Be Prepared. It is not an easy task to be able to go back in time and report on data that isn’t captured. The little prep work that one may need to do is well worth the effort in the end.

Index Info

I recently came across an interesting script to help show index info and usage.  As I began to dissect the script, I noticed that the script was intended for SQL 2005 and beyond but was […]

Stepping Stone Cert

A few of us have been deliberating and discussing the need for a bridge certification between the MCITP and MCM certifications from Microsoft.  This discussion was brought about due to an editorial by Steve Jones […]

FizzBuzz Revisited

I had bigger plans for this series than what has transpired. I think that is a testament as to how things can rapidly change or other events can change your plans. The first thing that […]

Certification

There seems to be quite a flurry of talk these days about certification. There is evidence of it in the forums and editorials at SSC, as well as in several personal blogs of various SQL […]

Another Presentation Down

This evening I had the opportunity to once again give a presentation at our local SQL Uses Group (SSSOLV).  I went into the presentation with the hope of trying to encourage participation and group discussion. […]