SQL Saturday #300 is coming up right here in Kansas City on September 13th, 2014. This is our fifth SQL Saturday which means it's the fifth anniversary of our now infamous BBQ Crawl. We get together on Friday afternoon before the event and visit a few local joints. We've done…
PASS launched a Global Growth Initiative in the Summer of 2011 with the appointment of three international Board advisors. Since then we’ve thought and talked extensively about how we make PASS more relevant to our members outside the US and Canada. We’ve collected much of that discussion in…
There’s another update to my little utility to script a SQL Server’s configuration. I use this for two purposes. First, I use it to keep my database mirroring servers up to date. Second, I capture the output in a version control system and keep that for historical reference.…
I’ve been gradually adding features to my utility that scripts the configuration of a SQL Server. Since my last post I’ve added the following features: Skip any encrypted object in a database Script alerts, alert notifications and operators Script audits Always script model, master and msdb to capture…
Nihao! One of the largest changes PASS is going through is the the expansion outside the US and Canada. We’ve had international chapters and events in Europe since the early 2000’s. But nothing on the scale we’re seeing now. Since January 1st there have been 18 SQL…
The next Kansas City SQL Saturday is coming up on August 4th. We’ll have the usual SQL Saturday goodness: lots of technical sessions, great networking events and a fantastic speaker dinner. And we’ll have the Third Annual Kansas City SQL Saturday BBQ Crawl. On Friday afternoon we’ll…
I’ve updated the beta for ClearTrace that support SQL Server 2012. This requires SQL Server 2012 to be installed on the computer where ClearTrace is running. It will read traces from SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005. It includes some minor improvements in performance…
The PASS Board recently decided that we wouldn’t put another US-based SQLRally on the calendar until we had a chance to review the program. I wanted to provide some of my thinking around this. Keep in mind that this is the opinion of one Board member. The Board committed…
I’ve always worked to make ClearTrace perform well. That’s probably because I spend so much time watching it work. I’m often going through two or three gigabytes of trace files but I rarely get the chance to run it on a really large set of files. One…
I have a beta version of ClearTrace that supports 2012. You can download it at http://www.scalesql.com/cleartrace/ClearTrace.2012.40.beta.zip. Please let me know if you find any issues.…