Project Phoenix: Additional Proposals Receive Awards

10/23/2010 Two more eligible developers and deserving projects have been selected. Any proposals submitted but not selected this time will...

Project Phoenix: Additional Proposals Receive Awards

10/23/2010 Two more eligible developers and deserving projects have been selected. Any proposals submitted but not selected this time will be reconsidered at each upcoming award cycle. (Refer to...

SQLBIGeek's Function Friday - Return First Day of Quarter

Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald

Welcome to the first of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. I understand that I am posting...

Troubleshooting Connectivity with UDL files

I had a new SSIS package that was ready to deploy to production. It was pulling data from Oracle and this was the first package being placed into production...

Troubleshooting Connectivity with UDL files

I had a new SSIS package that was ready to deploy to production. It was pulling data from Oracle and...

3-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown -

Only 3 more weeks until the PASS Summit and it’s time for another countdown post. I’ve done a few of...

SQL Rally Precon - We Need Your Vote!

Okay SQL Community, I need your help!  Patrick Leblanc, Adam Jorgensen, Mike Davis and myself have submitted a precon for...

Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 25, 2010

Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Applied MDX - Kevin Geoff
 
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Refactoring SQL Applications - Jeremiah Peschka
Pragmatic Works - Pro...

New Looks

It’s been quite a few years since I updated the Hawaiian shirt wardrobe. I bought a series of 5 shirts...

PASS 2011 Budget Posted

Bill Graziano posted our 2011 budget today. This runs from Jul 1, 2010, through Jun 30, 2011. I hope you’ll...