Delayed Durability in the wild…

Background
We have recently been working on large data migration project for one of our clients and thought I would share...

Why would you never use SSIS Fast Load…?

We all know that if you want SQL Server to push data into a table then you want to batch the...

Windows 10 Upgrade on Surface Pro 3 – Sending email issue FIXED

I very rarely blogabout anything other than SQL Server but felt that with a lot of the SQL Community using...

SQLNorthEast Usergroup 2015 dates announced (preliminary)

Mike and I have been extremely busy over the Xmas period and we’ve finally sorted dates for our 2015 instalment of...

Merge csv files – quick PowerShell snippet

During a bit of work I’ve been doing this evening for SQLRelay, I used something I have in my arsenal of...

2013 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney...

Output SQL Server data from multiple tables to Tab Delimited text files using Powershell

I had a request this morning for something I though was actually very simple:
Client: “Can you extract all data for...

SQL Server NorthEast – New Usergroup!!

SQLBits in Nottingham was where it all began. A short conversation on whether there were any plans for a SQL...

Making sure your Triggers fire when they should

As some of you may be aware, triggers are not my favourite thing in the world but like most things,...

DBCC CheckTable, Spatial Indexes and incorrect compatibility mode…..

Just a very quick blog today regarding an issue that has arisen with one of my clients. During Integration it...