Speaking Engagements

It only seems like a couple of weeks ago since I wrote a post about new years resolutions which you can read here, scary thing is it’s almost time to think up some new ones. Whilst some of my goals for the year have slipped I’m glad to say that I have exceeded on a number [...]

November 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Events, SQL Community, SQLRelay | Leave a comment

Writing queries without data

Sometimes it’s not possible to have the data you need in order to create the most efficient queries possible. This may be because you don’t have a machine with enough storage capacity, it might even be on a laptop so there is also the security aspect. So how do you address the issue of writing queries [...]

November 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Database Engine, Performance Tuning, Query Optimizer, SQLServerPedia Syndication | Leave a comment

Top 5 Third Party Quotes

Unless you’ve worked in a vacuum the likelyhood is that you either are a third company or you have many third companies with you, possibly both. Some are really really good and you can learn a lot from talking to them and working things out together, others have staff who should never have been allowed to [...]

November 9th, 2011 | Tags: | Category: Personal, SQLServerPedia Syndication | One comment