Watching the twitter sphere it is apparent that many of the SQL Nation are in route to Seattle WA today. Those would be a lot of the organizers, volunteers, and those speaking or attending a Monday pre-con. I will be leaving Monday morning to start my journey. I am very excited to be attending my […]
It is all about giving so why not #sqlgive
Last year at the Summit I missed out on this really cool concept. Donate your unused items from your hotel. You know the little bars of soap, shampoo, conditioner, etc. There are several places setup at the Summit where you can drop off these items to be donated to a local charity. Want to take […]
Collect Database File Size with Powershell
I decided to start monitoring the amount of free space in my database files so that I can make sure all my databases are set to auto grow by the right amount and to monitor the amount of free space so I can schedule the expansion of the files rather than let them auto grow. […]
SQL Saturday 97 has ended
Well it isn’t quite over for me just yet, I still have a flight home tomorrow and can’t wait to get home and hug my wife and kiddo’s. I have to commend Wes and his crew for pulling off a great event. The location was great and not to difficult to find, the rooms were […]
SQL Saturday 97 starts in 7 hours
I flew into Austin Texas today and got to spend time with a lot of great people. The journey started in ATL with Thomas LaRock and myself being on the same flight. When we landed in Austin we were graciously picked up by Amy Muehleman and driven to the hotel that a large group of […]
SQL Saturday 97 Bound
Truck is loaded up and heading to the airport to make an appearance at SQL Saturday #97 in Austin TX with some awesome speakers. Wish me luck, when I leave Austin I hope that many more TempDB’s are optimized.
The power of a shirt
I love wearing all my SQL Saturday speaker shirts. Here lately the trend has been nice golf or running shirts which look great with a pair of slacks. Today I work my speaker shirt from SQL Saturday #81 (Birmingham AL). I was shopping this evening at a local supermarket when a young guy came up […]
Change Database Owner
This is post is going to be very simple but it is something I come across ever so often and find myself having to look up the syntax most of the time. I guess it is one of those things that if you don’t use it often enough you don’t commit it to memory. So […]