Getting started with SQL Server on private cloud

I have been invited to a private beta of SQLDirector by ScaleGrid. “SQLDirector is a MS SQL as a Service...

Presenting Tips

Having done a number of presentations, I have accumulated a list of items to go over before each presentation to...

Just another SQL blog

I started out as a software developer back in 1996 in Denver, CO, doing Client/Server development in PowerBuilder.  The internet...

On Break

I’m at Orlando International as I write this, about to fly to Parsippany for meetings today and tomorrow, then back...

Do You Document Your SQL Server Instances?

When I was a novice DBA, I spent little time documenting my SQL Servers. But as I became more experienced,...

Creating a Filetable

How do you create a filetable? I assume you’ve enabled Filestream and created a filegroup for your filestream and filetable...

Guest Blog

I was given the opportunity to put together a guest blog post for the MVP blog. I did a little...

New SSIS 2012 Expressions

SSIS 2012 has added a few new expression functions and I thought I’d spend a short time detailing each.

LEFT
The LEFT...

Download: Consolidated Denali a Day – May 2012

Download: Consolidated Denali a Day – May 2012 If you like what’s New in Denali (Sql server 2012) a day, for...

Sorry, Mikko, the box was already open

In a blog post F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), indicated that with the US participating in cyberattacks...