SQL Rally 2012 Recap

Much Learning Was Had By All
SQL Rally 2012 had a diverse group of speakers and something for all levels of...

Data Warehouse vs Data Mart

I see a lot of confusion on what exactly is the difference between a data warehouse and a data mart....

SQL Server – Check SQL Agent Job History using T-SQL

To check SQL Server Agent Job History you can use the Log File Viewer from SQL Server Management Studio.
To Open...

The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy

An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues.  It's quite difficult to have a package run properly when it can't...

Varied and Interesting Links

Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...

Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

As there has been so many DMV/DMF already introduced in earlier version of Sql server,...

We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.

I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...

The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy

An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues.  It's quite difficult...

Denali – Day 13: FileTable

Denali – Day 12: FileTable

“FileStream” is introduced in sql server 2008, for storing BLOB data like varbinary(max), it is integrated...

Chance to win a free seat in my SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days workshop in London!

As you might know, I'm
running my "SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days Workshop" from May 28
– 30 in Central London....