2011 Goals

Last year I posted professional goals along with quite a few other bloggers and it helped to keep me somewhat...

2010 Goals Review

So… this is late.  And I missed my q3 goals review all together.  Oh well, not much I can do...

Tampa IT Camp Saturday

The first annual Tampa IT Camp will be held on Saturday, March 19th 2011.

What’s an IT Camp?
In the...

31 Days of SSIS – Data Flow Expressions (22/31)

31 Days of SSIS
Today, we continue on with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series.  Yesterday’s post was on the...

SSMSDeploy 1.5 Available: new configuration form and highly tweaked request list

SSMSDeploy version 1.5 is ready. This one has a LOT of GUI tweaks. No database changes in this one, so...

A Friend of Red Gate No More

Don’t get me wrong. It’s been great. The beta tests. The advanced notices. The opportunity for feedback. It’s been a...

Blog Sins

Thoughts come together, and the hybridization of your thoughts give rise to new ideas.  Here are the thoughts:
I have this...

Speaking at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs on February 12

I recently found out that I will be one of the speakers at SQLSaturday #66 on February 12 in Colorado...

Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans

Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...

Deprecation, Trace and Execution Plans

As I’m sure you know, Microsoft occasionally changes it’s mind. Or, it makes bad decisions and then rectifies them. Or,...