Speaker of the Month, August 2013

I’m trying out a new blog post series, mostly for myself as an exercise. I’m going to pick one speaker...

Flexible Fiscal Data Sort

Flexible Fiscal Data Sorting
A few months ago, I faced the challenge of extracting data via SQL Queries (for our enterprise),...

Are you really an expert?

Through the course of my career, I’ve spent time on both sides of the job interview table, which has given...

Deploying your SSIS Packages in SQL Server 2008

Prior to building and deploying your SSIS project to the SQL SSIS server, you need to build and create a...

More on SQL Server Built-In Cryptography Options

I wrote a series of articles at MSSQLTips.com to cover the cryptographic algorithms that are available with Microsoft SQL Server....

Notes on Moderating a 24 Hours of PASS Presentation

Last night (8pm Eastern) I had my first run as a 24HOP moderator and wanted to share some thoughts on...

Where I’ll Be

Things have been too quiet here on the blog, but there’s a reason (a few actually).  This year has been...

Baton Rouge SQLSaturday and Tech Day 2013

This will be the fifth SQLSaturday and Tech Day in Baton Rouge, LA on Saturday August 3rd, 2013.

I found a...

PerformancePoint: Show Details greyed out

In PerformancePoint, when using a analytic grid or chart or a scorecard, if you are not able to use the...

SQL Server, Pricing, Editions and Features

I Want Features Not Cost! Recently Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) wrote a post SQL Server Standard Edition Sucks, And It’s All Your Fault. Needless to say, he isn’t happy with...