December 2011 - Posts

• T-SQL Tuesday #25 Followup - Just in Time for the Holidays

  T-SQL Tuesday #25 fell on the same day I brought my mother home from a 3-day emergency trip to the hospital. She's much better, now, but it was a bit crazy there for a little bit. Thanks for everyone's best wishes. Rob Farley kicked off the official start Read More... Posted Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:21 PM by AllenMWhite | 1 Comments Filed under: T-SQL Tuesday

• Speaking about Performance and PowerShell

  I'll be presenting at the South East Michigan SQL Server User Group (SEMSSUG) tonight. The session will be Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell . We all know how important it is to keep a baseline of performance metrics that allow us to Read More... Posted Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:37 PM by AllenMWhite | 1 Comments Filed under: Database Administration, PowerShell, Speaking, User Group Meetings

• T-SQL Tuesday #025 - Invitation to Share Your Tricks

  It doesn't seem that long ago that having cool little tidbits of information about SQL Server made a huge difference in how effective you could be. Well, that's still true, but let me give you an example. SELECT name FROM sysobjects WHERE sysstat & Read More... Posted Monday, December 05, 2011 10:52 AM by AllenMWhite | 18 Comments Filed under: T-SQL Tuesday