“Pretty Plans vs. Performance” or “Grant Gets Pwned”

If you get an execution plan that looks like this:

I wouldn’t blame you for immediately thinking about query tuning. Especially...

Speaker of the Month: December 2014

For the month of November I was at the PASS Summit and Live360, so I didn’t get to find new...

Speaker of the Month: November 2014

I have been very remiss in my blogging of late. Apologies.
One thing I haven’t blogged about is Speaker of...

PASS Summit 2014 Speaker Idol

For the first time ever at the PASS Summit, a competition was held to select a speaker for the 2015...

I’m Still Not on the Board

I’m just back from the PASS Summit 2014. What a great event. But this year, it was a little different....

PASS Summit 2014: WIT Luncheon

Since I’m starting on the board in January, I’ve stopped taking part in the bloggers table during keynotes. First time...

Database Lifecycle Management

There are lots of people who talk about Application Lifecycle Management. But, the database is a major part of every...

Navel Gazing

I love negative feedback. Well, not really. I love constructive feedback. I love the feedback that gives me things to...

Why Haven’t You Changed Everything?

The first in what I hope will be many regular reports on what I’m doing on the PASS board.
To answer...

Query Performance Tuning in SQL Server

I have a pre-con coming up at the PASS Summit. You can read about it here. I named it “Query...