December 2008 - Posts

• LINQ: Enabling or Entangling?

  There’s been a lot of positive press for LINQ, such as the article about LINQ by Mike Otey at http://www.sqlmag.com/Article/ArticleID/48759/sql_server_48759.html . You can also find lots of glowing reviews and info about LINQ by Troy Magennis at http://blog.aspiring-technology.com/ Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008 2:49 PM by KKline | 6 Comments Filed under: SQL Programming, LINQ

• You got questions? I got answers!

  ...Of course, the problem is my answers aren't always the best. Anyway, as I travel around and speak to SQL Server user groups, I always get a handful of questions to follow up. Here's a smattering of such questions and their answers. Q: Does NOLOCK affect Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:50 PM by KKline | 11 Comments Filed under: Tips

• More Tidbits on SQLIOSIM

  The conversation between Bob Dorr and Jose Fortuny also yielded some additional insights in the following discussion. Keep in mind that Bob and Jose were discussing very specific results from a specific test run and test environment. However, the conversation Read More... Posted Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:38 PM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Tips, Troubleshooting, SQLIOSIM

• Interpreting Output from SQLIOSIM

  I recently had the enormous good fortune to broker a conversation between PSS uber-engineer, Robert “Bob” Dorr and Jose Fortuny. (If memory serves me, Bob is no longer in PSS and is now a member of the SQL Server development team. So I especially appreciate Read More... Posted Sunday, December 14, 2008 6:16 PM by KKline | 1 Comments Filed under: Tips, Troubleshooting, SQLIOSIM

• Join me this week in St Louis and Kansas City, Plus Podcasts

  Much as I hate to look at my own mug, I've started to post some video podcasts. Check them out at http://sqlserverpedia.com/wiki/Podcasts_and_Presentations . If you have a Zune or iPod, we've already got them in easy formats. I'm also interested in hearing Read More... Posted Monday, December 08, 2008 11:16 AM by KKline | 0 Comments Filed under: Speaking

• Where'd that Feature Go?

  Reading up on my notes today, I found an interesting post by Cristian Lefter that I thought I'd share. Cristian originally found this on a CTP version of SQL2008, but it should still apply. In Cristian's words: I was playing with the new options to track Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 1:22 PM by KKline | 2 Comments Filed under: Tips