Creating Icons Files
While working on a PowerPack for PowerGUI I needed to create a bunch of icon files from bitmaps files so...
2011-07-03
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Blog Posts
Non-Convergence of Replicated Data
Brad McGehee over at SQL Aloha posted his July Question: What Do You Think are the Most Common DBA Pain...
2011-07-02
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Bloopers
An early peak at the bloopers going out on Monday. Feel free to enjoy today. I’ve included the editorial and...
2011-07-01
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Book Review: Hour of the Horde
Hour of the Horde by Gordon R. Dickson ($1-5 @ Amazon) is an interesting story. The basic plot is that one...
2011-07-01
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FileLinking Using SSIS
A user recently asked how to generate a file link using SSIS so that it could be inserted into the...
2011-07-01
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July Question: What Do You Think are the Most Common DBA Pain Points?
While being a DBA is challenging and often rewarding, we often experience a lot of pain points that we wish...
2011-07-01
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MVP Award
Today on July 1st 2011, I was pleasantly surprised to be recoginzed as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for contributions to the PowerShell technical...
2011-07-01
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Planning a SQL Saturday
On June 8th we announced SQL Saturday 89. The call for speakers went out to all those who had submitted...
2011-07-01
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Re-blog – June 24-June 30
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-07-01
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School Data Move Done!
A brief mention that we are done with the school year flip process for transitioning to the new school year.
I...
2011-07-01
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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