Today at SQL Saturday #220 in Atlanta I presented a new brand new session, ''SQL Server Query Plan Analysis: The 5 Culprits That Cause 95% of Your Performance Headaches.'' This session is designed to help people quickly analyze query plans and find likely culprits without being query tuning experts; I find that in a huge number of cases the root ...

May 18, SQL Saturday returns yet again to the Atlanta area. At this point I've become a bit of a regular at Atlanta's events; this will be my third one in a row. The team that puts them together is amazing, and produces top quality, super fun and educational days every time. Plus: Taco Mac. Friday, May 17, the event is running a few ...

This year Data Education is offering a few more classes with Itzik Ben-Gan, the world's foremost T-SQL instructor. Our first offering has just been announced: Atlanta, May 13-17. Neither Itzik nor his class needs much introduction, but click through for a full outline and other details. We think that Atlanta is a great city, with an amazingly ...

Last Saturday, September 17, I was lucky to be able to present two sessions at an excellent SQL Saturday in the Atlanta area. The day drew a large crowd and had a great speaker lineup. All in all, a huge success, and a very well-managed event. Congratulations to the organizers! One of the highlights for me, aside from speaking, was helping out ...

Autumn is creeping inevitably closer here in the US, and that means that speaking season is about to kick into high gear. Here's my current schedule for the remainder of the year:   September 8, 17:00 GMT (online) - 24 Hours of PASS webcast: ''Baseline Basics or: Who Broke the Database?''In this session, excerpted from my PASS Summit ...