Setting Goals for 2010

Most people set their New Year resolutions for the new year at this time. We know from history that many...

SQL Lunch #8 – SSRS Data Driven Subscriptions (Devin Knight)

Join Devin Knight for a SQL Lunch at 12:30 EST today to hear about using the SSRS Data Driven Subscriptions!...

TSQL Tuesday #2

I’ve wracked my brain for some bit of puzzle that I could present as part of TSQL Tuesday #2 and I...

T-SQL Tuesday #2 – Data Conversions

Adam Machanic started the idea of a blog party last month, getting people to write about date and time issues...

T-SQL Tuesday #2 – Data Conversions

Adam Machanic started the idea of a blog party last month, getting people to write about date and time issues...

Video Featured on SQLShare

I didn’t have a chance to blog this yesterday (January 11, 2010), but my most recent video, Dynamic SQL Using...

We Interrupt Your Regular SQL Blogging For This Announcement…

EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty 
   @name = N'IsWifePregnant', 
   @value = N'True',
   @level0type = N'USER',
   @level0name = N'Kendal.VanDyke' ;

EXEC sys.sp_addextendedproperty 
   @name = N'ExpectedDueDate',
   @value = N'August 2010',
   @level0type = N'USER',
   @level0name...

Webcast Tomorrow - Dynamic SSIS: Using Expressions and Configurations

Join me tomorrow at 1:00pm CST as I present "Dynamic SSIS: Using Expressions and Configurations" for the PASS DBA virtual...

Would Third-party Product Driven/Vendor Sessions Benefit User Groups and Community Events?

In the the couple of years I have been involved in the SQL Server community I have noticed that there...

A Time and a Place for the SQL Server Maintenance Plan Wizard

Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
In the course of my job, I get to give a lot of presentations,...