Database Backups: Things You Need To Do Now

I want to say a few things about database backups that you need to know.
Wait a minute, haven’t you written...

Help JHD Help MND

My good friend Justin Hostettler-Davies (JHD) aka @JHDAVIES , the same JHD who recently scaled Kilimanjaro, is on the fund raising...

Introduction to XML DML (Part 1) - Using the modify() method: insert

This is the first part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...

Meme15 Twitter

Twitter and Your Career With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this month these two questions: Why should average...

Meme15 Twitter

Twitter and Your Career

With the new blog party on the block, we have Jason Strate (blog | twitter) asking us this...

SQL Agent Jobs – Schedule in seconds

1)   How can I execute a SQL Server Agent Job every few seconds? Administrators try to use SQL Server Agent as...

SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): SSIS Logging

In previous SSIS versions as the developer you were responsible for configuring all of your logging options, such as what...

SQL SERVER connectivity error: SQL Server does not exist or access denied

Recently I was troubleshooting a connectivity issue in a development environment from an application. The application was using the connection...

The Value of Twitter #meme15

Last week, I posted this month’s question for #meme15.  As was mentioned in that post, the aim of these posts...

The Windows Search Engine Is Currently Disabled

If you have ever gotten this error message you may have been left scratching your head wondering why…kinda like me.

The...