Ralph Kimball Books
If you are involved in Business Intelligence, then the books by Ralph Kimball are required reading:
The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit: Practical...
2013-05-30
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Blog Posts
Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
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Security Questions: TRUNCATE TABLE Permissions
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-05-30
1,709 reads
SQL Saturday Charleston!
Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)
After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...
2013-05-30
1,910 reads
SQL- Setup and Configure Backup Report – Step by Step Approach – All listed SQL Instances
One of SQL enthusiast asked me to include the complete code and wanted to schedule a SQL job. I’m trying...
2013-05-30
1,541 reads
SSIS 2012 Deployment Fail Part Two: SSIS Server Maintenance Job
Recently I post about a timeout issue I was getting when deploying SSIS projects. It was mainly to do with too much log and previous versions being kept in...
2013-05-30
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Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
We all dread the scenario whereby SQL Server is under so much load and has a complete lack of resources...
2013-05-29 (first published: 2013-05-23)
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Hangouts Session with Boris Hristov
I was invited to take part in a new initiative conceived by Boris Hristov (Blog|Twitter).
Boris wants to start using the...
2013-05-29
1,275 reads
I’m a VMware vExpert 2013!
WOW! I have not received the official confirmation yet, but last night John Troyer posted a new entry on the...
2013-05-29
772 reads
Painting the US Red
We are bringing Red Gate, through the free SQL in the City event, to the United States again this year.
This...
2013-05-29
818 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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