The Lost Hero – A review

With what looks to be five books planned in a new series by Rick Riordan, people have some good fantasy ahead of them. I just finished the first installment...

The Lost Hero – A review

With what looks to be five books planned in a new series by Rick Riordan, people have some good fantasy...

Time To Get Your #SQLRally Vote On! – Part 2

Now it’s week three of voting for the upcoming SQLRally.  This week, we are voting for the  Enterprise Database Administration...

31 Days of SSIS – Generating Row Numbers (23/31)

31 Days of SSIS
It’s Sunday afternoon and a good time to be putting up post twenty-three for the 31 Days...

Coming to SQL Saturday #60 in Cleveland

It’s just a couple weeks away, on Super Bowl weekend. I can’t believe this is event #60, still in shock...

Corrupting Databases for Dummies- Hex Editor Edition

Corruption is so ugly it gets a lolworm instead of a lolcat.
Let’s make one thing clear from the start:

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Ebooks: Deal of the Day

Apress, as I expect you know, publish some really good SQL Server books. Some of which are on the MCM...

Keeping Perspective: What Are You Building?

Think about your responsibilities at work for a minute. How many do you have? Can you even name them all?

As technical professionals,...

Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..

Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies.. 
Don’t let the above title fool you!  Have you been confused on the Microsoft...

My Surprise MVP Party

Two Fridays ago, Sean and I sat down for our weekly DBAs@Midnight webshow* as usual. Unusually, we were expecting an out-of-town...