Guest Blog

I was given the opportunity to put together a guest blog post for the MVP blog. I did a little...

New SSIS 2012 Expressions

SSIS 2012 has added a few new expression functions and I thought I’d spend a short time detailing each.

LEFT
The LEFT...

Parallel Processing For Pros

Hi,

Yesterday I delivered a session on Parallel Processing at the Israeli User Group.
I had a great time and hope you...

Review of “Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010?

Disclaimer: I wrote this review as a participant to O’Reilly Blogger Review Program.
If you’ve never seen a programming code in...

“Green” Database Administration

For the past few years, I have seen tens of sql server boxes added in my work environment every year,...

Back to Pensacola and SQL Saturday #132

This will be my fourth trip to Pensacola for SQL Saturday #132. I’ve enjoyed going every time and I usually...

Database In Recovery

What do we do? Have you ever run into a database that is in the “In Recovery” state? If that has happened, have the bosses and/or endusers come to...

Database In Recovery

What do we do?
Have you ever run into a database that is in the “In Recovery” state?
If that has happened,...

SQL Server Professionals: NYC Summer Spectacular! Training & Events

This is a very exciting summer to be in New York City!  We’re not just talking Central Park, the Theatre...

Testing backups – Is RESTORE DATABASE…VERIFYONLY good enough?

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a lot of discussion these days about testing backups and...