January 2013 - Posts

• One more reason to to understand query plans, not directly performance related

  One of the things that separates a good programmer from a great one is a firm understanding about what is going on inside the computer. For some programming languages, it is very obvious what is going on inside the computer because you are working at Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:28 PM by drsql | 7 Comments Filed under: Development, Performance, T-SQL

• Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices Chapter 8: Release Management Review

  This past year, I contributed a chapter to an anthology book of best practices for working with SQL Server 2012 entitled Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices ( http://www.apress.com/9781430247708 ). As authors, for publicity we decided to do summary reviews Read More... Posted Friday, January 18, 2013 4:06 PM by drsql | 0 Comments Filed under: Book Reviews, Writing