This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Allen White (blog | @SQLRunr ). The topic: Share your T-SQL tips and tricks. And if this post looks familar, like something I might have mistakenly posted, say, last Tuesday, well I have no idea what you’re talking about. This one was tough for me. What do […]
I can’t believe it’s already December. This year has just flown by. The rush of holiday events has already started, everyone at work is pushing to have their projects completed before the end of the year. It’s a madhouse, I tell ya. I’ll be honest, though, for all the running around, I love this time […]
We’re all busy people. We have jobs, families, and responsibilities out the wazoo. Little Timmy needs to be picked up from practice, Fido needs a walk, your boss needs that documentation tomorrow, oh, and your friend needs help moving (again). It’s easy to let our own personal and professional needs get pushed aside. I guess […]
So I finally managed to get my hands on a VM with Windows 2008 R2 SP1 so I could install SQL 2012. (Aside: one of the biggest obstacles to progress is bureaucracy.) Anywho, I plan to explore all of the new features and functionality in 2012 and, of course, blog all about it here. But […]
In the world of SQL Server, a process is either running, runnable, or waiting. A running process is, obviously, running; it’s the one getting CPU time. A runnable process has everything it needs to run, it’s just waiting for its turn on the CPU. A process that’s waiting, however, is one that needs some resource […]
