Meme Monday - What I Want for Christmas from Microsoft
This Christmas if I could get one thing from Microsoft it would be recognition that DBA's are not developers. This...
2011-12-05
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Blog Posts
Powershell and Dynamic SSIS (or any for that matter) Config files
As I imagine that the majority of people who are reading this will have some level of SSIS knowledge, I’ll...
2011-12-05
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Registration Open for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas
On my list of things to get done this week is register for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas. It’s a quick...
2011-12-05
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Resolutions: Outcome
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about my upcoming plans for the year in response to a question asked...
2011-12-05
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SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit
The SQL Server 2012 Developer Training Kit has been updated with a bunch of new content (download it here). This...
2011-12-05
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Upgrading Denali CTP3 to SQL Server 2012 RC0
When I started looking into the upgrade path for this, I saw a couple of notes online about the fact...
2011-12-05
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WAN Optimization–Part 2
After installing the WAN optimization appliances on all of our main sites, we have liked what we’ve seen thus far....
2011-12-05
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What Every DBA Should Get For Christmas
What is a brilliant gift at Christmas for a DBA? I mean apart from having the day off…..
For those new...
2011-12-05
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Scaling SQL Server – SQL Saturday #104 Precon
I will be presenting a day long preconference session on Scaling SQL Server for SQLSaturday #104 on Friday, January 6,...
2011-12-04
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What’s your build number?
Without looking, name your most important server. Or if you have a bunch, name the top 2 or 3.
Now tell...
2011-12-04
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers