I'm blogging from the speakers' lounge at Tech*Ed. I've had a great week so far. Best sessions to date: 1. Kim Tripp's indexing strategies session was well done and full of useful info. Kim's a training pro, and it shows. 2. Euan Garden's three...

One of the great features in SQL Server is its optimizing query processor. The Sybase version of SQL Server pioneered on-the-fly query optimization, and, even to this day, intrinsic query optimization is one of the most useful features of the product...