The Laptop is Back
I finally got my laptop today. I had to drive to the local Shell gas station to get it, but...
2010-01-08
506 reads
Blog Posts
Time to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005 SP2 and SQL Server 2008 RTM
Microsoft’s Bob Ward posted to remind everyone that SQL Server 2005 SP2 support ends on January 12, 2010, and SQL...
2010-01-08
705 reads
Virtual Presentation on SSIS Workload Thread Load Balancing
How is it possible to aggregate 12,000,000 records of sales data in a short time window? In this presentation you...
2010-01-08
1,160 reads
2009 PASS Summit Presentation Results
I opened my inbox Wednesday morning to find the evaluation results for my presentation on Transactional Replication at the 2009...
2010-01-07
416 reads
Bad Default Database Leads to a Failed Login Attempt
Yesterday we had a user receiving the infamous failed login attempt error (no, that's not a valid IP):
Login failed for...
2010-01-07
1,714 reads
Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I recently finished reading the Apress book SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam. I...
2010-01-07
1,345 reads
Error rsAccessDenied : The permissions granted to user 'Toma-PC\Toma' are insufficient for performing this operation.
In my problem of the day, I found this one out on the Microsoft Reporting Services Forum. I bumped my head...
2010-01-07
24,000 reads
Handling Database Mirror Failover within an SSIS Package
Recently I was asked how to handle a Mirrored Database Failover within an SSIS package. For those of us that...
2010-01-07
2,575 reads
How to Read the Results of SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
The simple query SELECT @@VERSION can quickly tell you quite a bit about a SQL Server installation (and the underlying...
2010-01-07
4,126 reads
Recharging
I was hoping that 4 days in the mountains would be a nice time to recharge. Unfortunately, with my wife...
2010-01-07
447 reads
Blogs
ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
By Brian Kelley
If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
By ChrisJenkins
Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
By SQLPals
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
Forums
Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines...
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
See possible answers