Reblog: July 25 to July 31

Photo credit – Travis
Ever go digging through your backyard for dinosaur bones? Maybe not, but it’s worthwhile from time to time...

Why do we need UPDATE Locks in SQL Server?

(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...

An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Arithmetic Overflow

Recently an incident came across my desk where an end user was receiving an error trying to retrieve some records...

How To Get The Boss To Pay For Training

How do you get the boss to pay for training? In my experience you have to:
Ask. The boss isn’t sitting...

Log Shipping - Exclusive access could not be obtained because the database is in use

This story began as they almost always do - with a page at 4am local time...

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'Alert: SQL Failed Jobs on InstanceName...

Power View report migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

With the latest changes to the Microsoft Power BI and ability to create Power View reports within an Excel file...

Website Pulse

Short blog post this time as Website Pulse contacted me a few weeks ago with a few questions about working...

Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 27

Notes:
Email with the schedule went out this week, nice bump in registrations – we’re at 229 todayMailed the list twice (bad)...

Make an SSIS package Delay or Wait for Data

Packages can be scheduled to run at a time when you expect data to be in a database. Instead of...

PASS SQL Saturday in Parma

This year, 22 November, PASSSQL Saturday will come to Parma, my birth town. I’m proud to be the organizer of that event.Our community,...