SSIS – Avoid OLE DB Command
I decided to do a little performance testing on some common SSIS “Tricks” that increase speed and effectiveness of SSIS...
2008-12-29
14,305 reads
Blog Posts
April Fools Challenge
I know it's not April 1st yet, but I wanted to throw out a couple comments and a challenge well...
2008-12-28
1,513 reads
A Little Work
Tia came down and asked if we should do something with the kids, bowling, movies, etc. I told her I...
2008-12-26
1,432 reads
One Year In
I got my Toshiba Qosmio a little over a year ago and it has been a great machine for me...
2008-12-26
1,448 reads
When Data Mining Goes Too Far
Data mining is commonly used to find otherwise undetectable patterns in related sets of data. However, sometimes these patterns provide...
2008-12-26
1,522 reads
Grasshopper
During a recent class I happened to mention something about grasshopper, and a student wasn't familiar with the reference to...
2008-12-25
1,770 reads
Merry Christmas
I'm sure some of the geeks out there are logging onto the web, checking feeds, and whiling away some of...
2008-12-25
1,393 reads
Building an Infrastructure
As we try and evolve our automotive industry, and perhaps our energy policy, to move into the future in the...
2008-12-24
1,487 reads
Merry Xmas
I'm enjoying today with family and hope you are as well. Nothing complicated today, just some appropriate music!
Bruce Springsteen - Santa...
2008-12-24
1,467 reads
Blackberry Bold
It was only a year ago that I moved from the Blackjack to the Blackberry Curve and overall I was...
2008-12-23
1,413 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers