Week in Review - August 8, 2010
This post is the first in a new weekly series meant to give my readers some insight into my week....
2010-08-07
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Blog Posts
eReaders - Kindle v Nook v iPad
A friend of my wife’s posted a note asking what people thought of the various devices and which one would...
2010-08-06
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of August 9, 2010
Monday
SQL Lunch - SSIS Design Patterns 1a: Introduction to SSIS Design Patterns - Andy Leonard
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Where the bl**dy...
2010-08-06
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Hands Off System Databases
I saw a post earlier this week from Buck Woody called Don’t Mess with the System Databases and I agree....
2010-08-06
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Inconsistent NullIF Behaviour ?
NullIf can be a very handy function sometimes. For those who have not used it, if the result of the...
2010-08-06
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Planning for Maintenance
On Monday, Microsoft released an out-of-band security patch to address the .LNK vulnerability. This affects Windows XP, including Windows XP...
2010-08-06
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Simple Script to Determine Who To Kill (SPIDs)
I'm mostly working now supporting the building of SSIS packages for ETL. And on one particular project we've been making heavy...
2010-08-06
752 reads
SQL Saturday #28 Update
We are just about a week away from probably the biggest FREE training event to ever take place in Baton...
2010-08-06
552 reads
The Inteview is Done
I completed my interview for the PASS board election today. I don’t want to talk about what was in the...
2010-08-06
405 reads
Tiny Homes
Over the course of my life I’ve lived in a few different places; small home, apartment, pup tent, large tent,...
2010-08-06
533 reads
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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