On the Buckeye Blitz!

In just a few weeks I’ll be doing the Buckeye Blitz. That is, a tour of user groups in Ohio...

SQL Server 2016 features: R services

One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language. For those who haven’t seen it before, R is a statistical and data...

SQL Server 2016 features: R services

One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language.
For those who haven’t seen...

SQL Server 2016 features: R services

One of the more interesting features in SQL 2016 is the integration of the R language.
For those who haven’t seen...

SQL Server Service Broker – Internal Activation

This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging and queueing technology built into the SQL Server Database...

SQL Server Service Broker – Internal Activation

This post is part of a series on this blog that will explore SQL Server Service Broker, a native messaging...

Reblog: Unexpected result with the File System Task

SQLKover update: nowadays you would probably use package parameters to pass the directory value. However, they still have a default...

The new SQL Server Management Studio 2016

The installation of SSMS 2016 is different and it’s a separate installation. It’s not a part of the SQL Server installation as it was the case until SQL Server 2014....

The new SQL Server Management Studio 2016

The installation of SSMS 2016 is different and it’s a separate installation. It’s not a part of the SQL Server installation as it was the case until SQL Server 2014....

Database Restore Fails with Msg 3154

Have you ever tried to restore over an existing database only to receive the following error message?

Msg 3154, Level 16,...