January, 2009

At the beginning of the year, I told myself that I needed to “blog” more and then came across a posting from Guy Kawasaki on How to use Twitter as a Twool . I got hooked! You can check out by Tweets at http://twitter.com/billramo . What makes Twitter...

This is the first of a series of video based blog entries where I will share tips and tricks within the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) shell. Many of these techniques are the result of using Visual Studio as the shell for SSMS. This video demonstrates...

The new version of Activity Monitor for SQL Server 2008 Management Studio has a new look and feel from the old one in 2005. The new Activity Monitor has a Recent Expensive Queries pane that allows you to see which of your active queries based on...

I was going through my backlog of Connect posts today and noticed a submission of a bug report indicating that the database name was blank. It turns out that with the SQL Server 2008 cumulative update #2 , we fixed the problem. The database name was showing...

Times are certainly tough and bound to get tougher in 2009. As a DBA, you and your teammates are in a unique position - given all of the relationships you build with your customers - to generally survive a layoff. If you want to increase your odds of...