2009 July | SQLRockstar

PASS Call For Nominations

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 31, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Earlier this week Andy Warren blogged about how the call for nominations to the PASS Board of Directors will be opened in the next couple of weeks. Andy also mentioned a handful of people he felt would be good candidates and hopes will submit an application when the time comes. Fast forward to today’s PASS [...]

Careful What You Go Looking for

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 31, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

…you just may find it.

SQL Server Consolidation, Part Trois

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 27, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments

I wrote a couple of posts previously on SQL Server consolidation. The first post tried to give some insight on some of the problems and associated motivating factors that most companies have for consolidation efforts. The second post was an attempt to cover some of the decision factors that could drive a company to decide [...]

The Check Is In The Mail

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I saw this and I just knew I needed to share it with others. My first thought was that The Bloggess must have had a birthday. My second thought was “crap, i forgot to send her a card”. Then I remembered that Jenny never gave me her address so I have no idea how to [...]

Would This Freak You Out?

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

I mean, if you saw this live, right in front of your eyes?

Another tip at MSSQLTips

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 24, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I had a tip published over at MSSQLTips yesterday and wanted to drop a quick post to brag tell people about it. The tip is very straightforward, it uses xp_fileexist to verify if your database dumps are still on disk or not.
Keep in mind that xp_fileexist is one of those undocumented stored procedures, which is [...]

We Have A Winner!

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ One comment

The grand prize winner for the “Best Thing I Learned at the PASS Summit” contest was announced earlier this week. And the winner is SQL MVP Grant Fritchey. Perhaps you know of Grant by his SQLRockstar Blogger Rank, perhaps you know him as a respected author of technical books because you found him in my [...]

Don Gabor Cured My Polio

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 23, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

…is exactly what the title of this blog post would have been if (1) I had actually met Mr. Gabor previously and (2) if I actually had polio. I have no doubt he could cure polio, nervous stutters, facial tics, and xenophobia in one or possibly two sessions. The guy is that good and that [...]

SQL Server Consolidation, Part Deux

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Consider for a moment that you have a deck attached to your house. It is one story above ground level and is growing weaker with each passing year. The former homeowner painted (!) the deck making your options for upkeep quite limited. And what would those options be? Well, most people would look to have [...]

Want a Free Trip to PASS?

By Thomas LaRock ⋅ July 22, 2009 ⋅ 2 comments

I have previously noted on this blog that I write for MSSQLTips. As such, I wanted to tell you about a prize that MSSQLTips and Idera are sponsoring: an all expenses paid trip to the PASS Community Summit in November 2009.
Here are the details – http://www.mssqltips.com/pass_giveaway_entry.asp
That’s correct, you can win a trip to PASS! Go and [...]