Author: Denny Cherry

.NET User Group Slide Deck and Sample Code

Here is the sample code and slide decks which I’ll be using at the .NET User Group tomorrow night. Query Tuning Resource Governor See you tomorrow. Denny

I’ve finely started using Twitter

We’ll I’ve finely broken down and started using Twitter. I decided to go all out. I’ve got TweetDeck for my PCs, and TinyTwitter for my BlackBerry.  I tried TwitterBerry but didn’t like it very much.  TinyTwitter has much more functionally.  I also signed up for BrightKite to track my location. My username on Twitter is […]

Just how awesome are table parameters in SQL Server 2008?

I would have to say, that one of the coolest new features of SQL Server 2008 is the ability to pass a table as a single parameter to a stored procedure. While we have been able to do this in the past, by using XML to pass more than one value in, then break it […]

Getting rid of Instant File Initialization (or enabling it if that strikes your fancy)

SQL Server 2005 introduced us to Instant File Initialization. This allows SQL Server to create files of any size without sitting there for minutes or hours (depending on the size of the files). While this is great when creating your database, or extending your database files there is a cost to doing so. Before each […]