Following on from my review of my library. This week, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals. Summary: This is not as the title might suggest, “special” information for elite DBA’s. It contains the base knowledge that all DBA’s need in order to understand...

If everything is bug free in Development, Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) how can it possibly go wrong in Production? The following post looks at how that can occur… Intermittently. Recommendation: Ensure that the Server Names & SQL Instance...

When executing code in SQL Server Management Studio. Occasionally people make errors. If you find yourself counting thru your TSQL Batch up to “LINE 231” where your error is supposed to be, then this tip is for you.   Tip: Double Click on the Error...

If you want to compile sample code or write your own extensions for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR (also known as DBPro or Datadude) this post will save you hours. Summary In Nov 08 when Microsoft shipped the GDR (General Distribution...

Have you ever written a TSQL SELECT statement that builds INSERT Statements so you can script the entire table? Usually we do it to make it simple to create & load a “Reference or Lookup” table? Sure, Most DBA’s have. This Waay Cool little feature...

SQL Server Management Studio has so much capability, yet most people I meet don’t seem to have read the manual to discover it. So I thought I might post a few of features I find invaluable. This works for SQL 2005, SQL2008, SQL2008 R2 & Visual Studio...

At Tech-Ed Aust last week I had an interesting evening with a few people chatting about finding information & how hard it is to judge the value of textbooks when you are looking online. As I am an avid reader & have a huge library a few of my...

SQL Management Studio has a very nice Scripting feature that generates scripts to DROP & CREATE your stored procedures, tables & other objects. This is handy, but not good for production systems. Most people use it, … to their peril. This post...