December 2007 - Posts

• What I want for Christmas from SQLSanta...

  1) People to use consistent naming conventions - If you're using camel case, stick with it. If you're using Pascal case (the first letter of every word Capitalized), stick with it. If you're using underscores ( _ ) between names, stick with it. If you're Read More... Posted Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:00 AM by James Luetkehoelter | 8 Comments

• Filegroups Part I-a: Dividing for Performance (a partial rant)

  In my previous post on filegroups, I tried to make the case that using filegroups (please everyone tell me you use other filegroups than PRIMARY...) can improve database performance. I received a number of comments challenging that notion, which personally Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007 8:15 AM by James Luetkehoelter | 9 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Filegroups, Performance

• PASS Europe April 14th-16th

  If you happen to be in Europe, or are looking for a time to vacation in Europe, be aware that there will be a PASS Europe . There will be some one single day seminars to start things off, I believe Greg Low is the keynote, and someone with a very German Read More... Posted Thursday, December 06, 2007 2:19 PM by James Luetkehoelter | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2008, PASS

• 2 cents: Thoughts on TechEd, PASS and the role of the DBA

  I recently saw a post on one of the MCT forums asking which conference should be attended - TechEd IT Pro, TechEd Dev or PASS when it comes to SQL education. I posted a reply there favoring TechEd (either). I need to defend that a bit better. One reply Read More... Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 1:14 PM by James Luetkehoelter | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, PASS, TechEd