MADPASS February 2012 Roundup

This week I was very fortunate to speak at the February 2012 MADPASS user group meeting. I’ve seen lots of positive tweets about the group over the course of the past year and had been hoping to attend a meeting of theirs, so when I got the email a few months ago asking if I [...]

Speaking at MADPASS Next Week

Next Wednesday I’ll have the pleasure of speaking at MADPASS! I’ve been meaning to visit this group for a while, so I’m very excited to head up there and be speaking. Here’s all the pertinent info:

WHERE: 2310 Crossroads Drive, Madison, WI 53718

WHEN: Wednesday, February 22, 2012. 5:30 PM

I’ll be giving one of my oldies-but-goodies, a [...]

T-SQL Tuesday #27: Why I Love Big Data

Happy T-SQL Tuesday to all! (and happy Valentine’s Day too!) This month’s T-SQL Tuesday comes to us courtesy of Steve Jones (blog | @way0utwest). Steve is asking us to write about “big data” – specifically the problems we’ve solved or interesting ways we’ve found to work with it. In honor of the holiday, I’m going [...]

A Restore Tale

If you’re reading this, you probably already know that while backup strategies are important, restore strategies are what really matter. If you aren’t able to restore a database when a disaster has occurred and money’s on the line, you may find yourself very quickly updating your resume and leaving town. Practicing restores will not only [...]