My good friend and brother Chris Yates is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. I’ve not participated in one of these for a little bit now. Been busy doing the consulting thing, I guess! I cannot believe this is the 80th month already! That’s about six years of T-SQL Tuesday Blog Carnivals. I still remember way back when when Adam … Read more
I need to sync logins.Just the logins? Sure just go find the best version of sp_help_revlogin. Oh wait you want the server roles, okay well you can steal some of this script here. Oh wait you want the server perms also and default databases? Okay then do a search for this script. Here you go. … Read more
Last year, I cut my thigh with a chainsaw at my farm. Except I was okay because I had the right protective gear on. I started thinking about that today again while doing a quick chore with the chainsaw. Had that moment of “Hmm.. Do I get the chaps or not for a simple cut” … Read more
I’m on a long flight to a client. I’m in full on introspective mode.. I got the upgrade. I had a red wine.. I got that Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis last week. I just spent a week with my #SQLFamily. I never cured the homesickness from being gone for a week and am off again. It … Read more
I’m late in getting this message out. I’ve had a busy couple weeks. This week the PASS Summit starts. In fact, as I type this, I’m on a plane heading there myself with at least couple hundred people in the air right now as well. More arrive tomorrow, some already arrived and more on Tuesday. … Read more
I almost earned a trip to the Emergency Room. I didn’t because I had one last line of defense, but is that a success or a fail? I think a little of both. Let’s talk about it and see what we can learn as DBAs and consultants in our day jobs. You see. I bought … Read more
I live in New England. I expect snow in the winter. This winter, though, has been a bit of an anomaly from recent winters for us. We started out with very little snow, abnormally little snow. But then it came (and it is still coming) all at once. Over about 4ish weeks we had a … Read more