SQL Server BI & SharePoint eBooks, Guides and Resources

There are many free eBooks & resources available from Microsoft and members of the MVP community.  This is a collection of...

Standing Desk – Flooring

My standing desk experiment has worked out well. I have gotten used to standing there and I’ve slowly found places...

Tampa Code Camp Announced

The next Tampa Code Camp will be held October 13 at University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue,Tampa, FL...

August 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist

Summer is beginning to wrap up for those of us in the northern hemisphere and were finally to August.  Maybe...

Don't Use Passwords That Can Be Social-Engineered

A Facebook thread by one of my friends brought this one to mind. He was asking about what the current...

Excluding Schemas in SQL Compare

I saw this question posted the other day and thought it was a great idea.

I haven’t been a big...

Forcing network protocol to connect SQL server

Whenever there is a network issue or a SQL server browser issue we might need to connect SQL server in different...

How to prevent ‘Select *’ : The elegant way

UPDATE 2012-09-12 For my latest adventures with TSQL Parsers please see this post.
I’ve been doing a lot of work with the...

Lenovo’s Cancellation Policy is not consumer-friendly

I recently placed an order for a ThinkPad W530 from Lenovo. One day before the estimated shipping date, I noticed...

Nacho Mama’s Training Class

That is what I wanted to name the new training series that we developed at my employer, Perpetual Technologies (PTI.net)....