So, I've been back at Microsoft a few weeks now, and there are some things that are just overwhelming. I like to tell people that being here is like "drinking from a firehose", and you only hope you can keep up... It is a lot of fun, though. As I have...

As Microsoft is about to release a new version of SQL Server, I would like to spend some time on upgrades today. We are constantly looking at our product offering to decide what kinds of features to build in the future, and so your input is always interesting...

I had a question about sample rates for statistics yesterday for SQL Server 200x statistics. Here is my basic rule-of-thumb. 1. If you have no issues with statistics or query plan quality, then you can leave it alone and not think about it. 2. If...

I had a netgear gs108 (8 port gigabit switch) die on me this evening. Perhaps it is me working from home.. Perhaps it is the high temperatures in Austin this time of year.. Perhaps it is the humidity from Hurricane Dolly. Who knows... I have patched...

Hi - This will be Conor's new blog home. <best cheesy television voice> You may remember me from blogs such as www.sqlskills.com/blogs/conor , http://blogs.msdn.com/queryoptteam/ , and http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlqueryprocessing/ . Well, now...