As I see it, there are three phases to your involvement in the PASS Summit. Attend the Summit to learn…
In my blog post last March (http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/tabid/1476/entryid/789/Portfolio-Update-PASS-Programs.aspx) I mentioned that my first PASS Summit was in 2003 in Seattle. I’ve…
Yesterday I received the news that I was the winner of the Tribal Awards in the category of Best Free…
There’s a lot of discussion about the process of bringing new speakers to a level that allows them to be…
We’re anxiously waiting to hear from PASS which sessions were selected for the 2014 Summit in November. It’s a big…
In tracking down poorly performing queries for clients I often encounter the query text in a trace file I’ve captured,…
One of the most important things you can do as a DBA is to keep tabs on the errors reported…
Last summer I set up Change Data Capture for a client to track changes to their application database to apply…
As a DBA, one of the things I struggled with was gathering all my important system information in one place,…
In reviewing database development best practices recently I’m reminded of an attitude I’ve found prevalent in many development shops, that…