Enabling Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows

GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default.  If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have...

(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…

I first came across the error “(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…” last year, these weird errors...

Parameterization Part 7: Summary

This is a summary of the parameterization blog post series. If you read the previous posts in the series, then...

SQL Script to find the last executed commands on the SQl Server

Sometimes we needs to find out the last executed commands on the database server. 
Below is the SQL script share by...

Overview of Published Articles – 2014Q4

Here is an overview of the articles I published in the last quarter of 2014.
INTENSE SCHOOL
MCSE Prep: Overview of T-SQL Windowing...

Building Rollback Scripts with SQL Compare

There’s a neat switch in SQL Compare that lets you build rollback scripts. It looks like this:

I’ve used this before...

The big disconnect with Connect

A couple of years ago I blogged about a bug on the Data Collector that I couldn’t resolve but with an...

SSIS 2012 Design Patterns by Andy Leonard, Matt Masson, Tim Mitchell, Jessica Moss and Michelle Ufford

During my vacations at the end of 2014 I have finally finished a book on “SQL Server 2012 Integration Services...

Using Power BI to access on-premise data

The following blog describes how to use certain cloud-based Power BI for Office 365 products (Power View and Q&A) on...

Exam Prep 70-463: Control Flow Tasks and Containers

This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...