SQL Saturday #45 Report

This past weekend I attended another SQL Saturday. This one was held in Louisville, KY.  Malathi Mahadevan and her volunteers...

SQLskills Master Immersion Events 2011

Last year, I tried to attend one of Paul Randal’s and Kimberly Tripp’s SQL Immersion Events, but it conflicted with...

31 Days of SSIS – Data Flow Expressions (22/31)

31 Days of SSIS
Today, we continue on with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series.  Yesterday’s post was on the...

SSMSDeploy 1.5 Available: new configuration form and highly tweaked request list

SSMSDeploy version 1.5 is ready. This one has a LOT of GUI tweaks. No database changes in this one, so...

Tampa IT Camp Saturday

The first annual Tampa IT Camp will be held on Saturday, March 19th 2011.

What’s an IT Camp?
In the...

31 Days of SSIS – Controlling Your Flow In The Control Flow (21/31)

Remember, what I said last Friday?  I’m going do it, again.  Which means, I’m taking the day off.  There will...

A Friend of Red Gate No More

Don’t get me wrong. It’s been great. The beta tests. The advanced notices. The opportunity for feedback. It’s been a...

Blog Sins

Thoughts come together, and the hybridization of your thoughts give rise to new ideas.  Here are the thoughts:
I have this...

Deprecation, Trace and Execution Plans

As I’m sure you know, Microsoft occasionally changes it’s mind. Or, it makes bad decisions and then rectifies them. Or,...

Disk Partition Alignment–MCM Prep

Does disk partition alignment matter to SQL Server? Without a doubt. When new disk partitions are created, there could be...