March 26, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Interview,
Social Commentary,
SQL ServerWe all get emails from recruiters. I know that I'm shocked on a day that I don't get them. Personally I love reading these emails as they are usually pretty damn funny. But I'm seeing a very disturbing trend in these emails. This trend is making job candidates pay to attend out of town job...
March 22, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Performance Problems,
sp_who3,
SQL Server,
TroubleshootingOn occasion I'm asked to come and look into some SQL performance problems on systems. Normally when I'm doing this the customer doesn't have any third party tools installed and they are actively having problems, and these problems are leading to lost revenue or at least really pissed off...
March 19, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Beta,
Networking,
SQL Server,
Windows 8So I've run into a bit of a strange issue with Windows 8 on my laptop that I wanted to share in case anyone else runs into the same problem. My basic problem is that about 50% of the time when my laptop boots up into Windows 8 it can't find the network. I know that the WiFi card is working...
March 15, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Beta,
Windows 8So I've taken the plunge and installed Windows 8 Client Preview on one of my laptops. The install process was pretty simple and straight forward. The installer found my WiFi card so I was able to get everything up and running right out of the box. The next thing to do was to install SQL 2012...
March 15, 2012 3:40 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Beta,
Start Menu,
Windows 8Everyone says that Windows 8 doesn't have a start menu, and it's true there's no Start Button on the task bar like in the last several versions of Windows. However if you press <Windows>+W you'll get a sort of start menu.
March 12, 2012 6:16 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Aaron Nelson,
Audry Hammonds,
Grant Fritchey,
Jeremiah Peschka,
Kendra Little,
Randy Knight,
SQL Saturday 120,
SQL Server,
Storage,
VirtualizationInterested in my SQL Bits pre-con, but you just can't make it out to London for SQL Bits? Have I got a deal for you. It has just been announced that I will be giving my Storage and Virtualization pre-con at SQL Saturday 120 on March 23rd, 2012.
SQL Saturday is bringing you this pre-con for...
March 12, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2012When setting up AlwaysOn Availability Groups you may receive Error 41158 which references error 41006 when you attempt to join the the replica to the Availability Group. What these errors in a nut shell mean is that it ain't going to work with your current configuration.
Assuming that you ran...
March 9, 2012 8:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
In Person Events,
SQL ServerSome seats are still available for my SQL Server 2012 class which kicks off March 19th, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. If you are planning on deploying SQL Server 2012 in the near future this training class is for you. But don't wait to get signed up. The...
March 8, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Bits,
SQL PASS,
SQL SaturdayI'm sad to say that I'm going to have to cut back on the number of SQL Saturday's that I'm going to be able to attend this year. It's not because I don't love PASS, or SQL Saturday, or the attendees as much as I did before, because it's not. I'm just so busy that I've been royally screwing up...
