SQL Server Implicit Conversion: You Could Be Suffering Right Now!
September 1, 2009
SQL Server Implicit Conversion – A Silent Perf Killer I recently had the opportunity to work with a developer at the day job. He was using a loop (for what he was doing, it makes sense 🙂 ), and he had a query that ran great when he stripped the question out of the process, … Read more
Active August, meet September
August 31, 2009
So it is the end of August. A lot of folks seemed to have a good month as far as keeping up with goals set for themselves. This was really not about one month only, it was about using the month to try and develop a pattern to follow. Check out the Twitter search for … Read more
ActiveAugust Week 3
August 22, 2009
Three weeks of #ActiveAugust are done. Learn more about ActiveAugust on my blog or check out the twitter search to see updates from those participating. Most of them are blogging their progress as well. Well it’s kind of sad seeing 3 weeks down because that means we are coming into the fall. Don’t get me … Read more
Two Weeks Down (Up) – Active August
August 15, 2009
Well two weeks of August have flown by. Too fast. That means I did my second weigh in today and have a quick update on how #ActiveAugust has been treating me. Before I talk about me, it’s great to see all the progress by everyone with their ActiveAugust updates. Click the search above and hit … Read more
One Week Down – ActiveAugust
August 8, 2009
Last week I posted my kickoff of my ActiveAugust (Twitter Search) routine and a weigh in in “And So It Begins…”. I said I would come back and post weekly throughout ActiveAugust. I also think I will continue posting at least monthly just to keep this in my mind. How did week 1 go? The Good … Read more
Benchmarking… Who Needs It?
August 7, 2009
All of our SQL Server instances need benchmarks! So the title is somewhat of a trick question… I hear and sense a lack of priority around taking periodic benchmarks in a system with a lot of folks. How often do you take benchmarks? Do you know what “normal” means for your system? Do you know … Read more
And So It Begins..(ActiveAugust)
August 1, 2009
It is August First. The opening day of #active august (twitter search, my initial post on it). There are several others participating which makes it good for encouragement and accountability. I am going to weigh in every Saturday and try and keep the daily progress notes on twitter. I have not done a SQL blog … Read more
Romans 7, meet Romans 6 (part 1)
July 26, 2009
I occassionally post some blog entries about my faith and family or both. These posts may or may not touch on SQL Server and this is one of them. I discussed this when I first blogged about Jesus’ last words on the cross (Tetelestai). I welcome you to read or skip and I won’t be … Read more
Active August –> Get out and Get Healthy
July 23, 2009
Alright so the other day I was congratulating SQL Server Extraordinare Chuck Boyce on twitter. He has lost some weight following a low carb diet and he is doing great with it. In the process I joked about how I fell off the wagon for “Fit February” and thought aloud of starting to have an … Read more
Worked fine in development…
July 22, 2009
How many times have you heard or uttered those words? You work hard and understand the business requirements, you try and get the logic to work to make the procedure return what was expected or update the data as expected. You do some unit tests in your environment, it may not scream but it comes … Read more