Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

As there has been so many DMV/DMF already introduced in earlier version of Sql server,...

Enter the 2012 Exceptional DBA of the Year Awards

I was just at SQLRally in Dallas, and I was speaking to a DBA friend of mine over lunch. He...

How To Use T-SQL TIMESTAMP (ROWVERSION) in SSIS

In some database designs, you may encounter SQL Server columns with a TIMESTAMP or ROWVERSION data type.  What are these,...

PASS Data Architecture VC presents Mike Fal: SQL Server Table Partitioning

Thursday’s (May 17th, 2012) PASS Data Architecture Virtual Chapter has Mike demonstrating some cool Table Partitioning scripts which I was...

SQL Rally 2012 Recap

Much Learning Was Had By All
SQL Rally 2012 had a diverse group of speakers and something for all levels of...

SQL Server – Check SQL Agent Job History using T-SQL

To check SQL Server Agent Job History you can use the Log File Viewer from SQL Server Management Studio.
To Open...

The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy

An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues.  It's quite difficult to have a package run properly when it can't...

The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy

An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues.  It's quite difficult...

Varied and Interesting Links

Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...

We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.

I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...