Next week I am heading to Seattle for 5 days of SQLskills training. In honor of the event (yes, I’m that excited about it and I’ve deemed it an event), I thought I’d do 5 days of posts covering what I’m looking forward to and why. I. The Content For anyone not familiar with SQLskills and…
Tag Archive: Performance
Meme Monday: I got 99 problems but a disk ain’t one
Last month Thomas LaRock ( blog | @SQLRockstar ) started a series called Meme Monday, and this week the task is to list nine things that can wrong with SQL Server that are not the result of an issue with the database file storage. Note: The emphasis on nine reminds me of a quote from…
Seek and ye shall find
When I was thinking up names for this blog, I had a hard time not using the name my husband uses for his fantasy baseball team: The Stellato Heels. It’s great, isn’t it? I can boast about how fabulous it is because I didn’t think of it. I had great visions for the logo. Just…
Desperately Seeking Seeks
This month’s TSQL Tuesday topic (follow Twitter hashtag #TSQL2sDay) is hosted by Michael J. Swart ( blog | Twitter ) and the topic is, “What are your thoughts on Database Indexes?” One of the most powerful features of indexes is that they can provide a performance benefit without requiring a change to the underlying code. This…
