February 2010 - Posts

• Also Speaking at SQL Saturday #33

  It appears that the SQL Saturday in Charlotte NC on March 6th will be a real whopper of an event. There are going to be a ton of speakers with many of them MVP’s from all over the country. I have two sessions with one on File & Wait stats and Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:07 AM by Andrew Kelly | 0 Comments Filed under: Speaking, Conferences

• What 3 events Brought Me Here

  I am a few weeks late getting to this but here we go. Paul Randal tagged a few people including me with this challenge to state what 3 events got us to where we are today. Here is my story: Event 1 I suppose the first event was when I decided to Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:17 AM by Andrew Kelly | 1 Comments Filed under: Trivia

• SQL 2008 R2 Enhancement

  The additions or changes in SQL Server 2008 R2 are mostly BI related but there is one I just became aware of that serves a more general purpose but at the same time is fundamental in how the storage engine works related to locking.  I won’t Read More... Posted Monday, February 01, 2010 7:01 PM by Andrew Kelly | 5 Comments Filed under: Storage, Trivia, 2008 R2