Today Kevin Kline, Quest's #1 SQL guru, tagged me, challenging me to offer bits of wisdom to SQL n00bs—which I mean in a good way considering this describes me not all that many years ago. As I divine the lineage of the "Things You Know Now" thread, Mike Walsh got things rolling, preeminent she-geek...

This is nominally a personal productivity as well as a SQL Server performance blog, but I seldom indulge that facet—too busy being productive, don't you know? Ward Pond 's annual amalgam ( May Glad Tidings be Upon You ) inspired me to do something similar. My plans changed Sunday & instead I am...