Presentation Notes from SQL Saturday
For those who were in my session on SSIS Scripting at SQL Saturday Tampa last weekend, I have posted the...
2009-01-26
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Blog Posts
Notes from SQLSaturday #10 in Tampa
SQLSaturday #10 was held January 24, 2008 in Tampa at the Kforce Building. Attendance was about 175, down slightly from...
2009-01-25
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SQL Saturday Tampa
I’m sitting in the Tampa airport waiting for a flight back home from SQL Saturday 10 in Tampa. There was...
2009-01-25
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Attending TechEd 2009? Consider Hosting a Birds of a Feather Session
Anyone attending TechEd 2009 can submit a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session proposal. These sessions are open discussion topics...
2009-01-23
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Book Review: Big Brown
The book is actually Big Brown: The Untold Story of UPS and it was written by a retired UPSer that...
2009-01-23
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The Wickedness of the mass 'REPLACE()'
I have been admonished in the past for the use of this code which makes as many
substitutions as you like...
2009-01-23
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Influence
I saw Paul Kenny of Ocean Learningspeak about sales least year at the Business of Software Conference. I thought he...
2009-01-22
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Read-Only Access to SQL Server Jobs
This question comes up a lot: how do I give read-only access to job status to a group of people?...
2009-01-22
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The Story of Pumpkin Man
Another story from a previous job. I joined the company in August, in October they started prepping for Halloween - it...
2009-01-22
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What Do You Want Auditors to Know About Auditing SQL Server?
Right now it looks like I'll be putting a training session on for my local ISACA chapter on SQL Server...
2009-01-22
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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