31 Days of SSIS – What The Sorts?! (7/31)

31 Days of SSIS
Welcome to day seventh day of the 31 Days of SSIS.  If you are just joining the...

Happy moments in 2010

Happy moments in 2010
Hi all wish you a happy new year.

I know it’s a late post anyway I am going...

Windows Experience on W510

I toyed with the idea of using the SSD for my main drive, but I’d really like to get the...

RTFM365, Week 5

I’m trying to plan out this week better, and come at the RTFM readings with a sense of direction an...

An Artist I’m Not!

One of the gifts my Mom gave my children was a ‘Painting Rocks’ kit. Great marketing, six medium sized rocks,...

Troubleshooting SSRS subscription failures

Of-late one of our SSRS 2005 report subscriptions started to fail regularly with the error message
Failure sending mail: Timeout expired....

It’s A Major Award!

“It’s a major award!” That’s what Darren McGavin’s signature role, Mr. Parker, proudly proclaimed to friends and family in the...

The laptop rebuild continues

Not done yet, but I have been slowly patching and installing software over the last few evenings, stuck at my...

SQL Server Index Tuning for Mere Mortals

One of the most important things to measure, monitor, and “get right” for good overall SQL Server OLTP performance is...

PASSMN January Meeting Update

Thought I would drop a quick note on the January PASSMN meeting.  We’re running a bit behind getting things ramped...