Job Exit Planning Strategy

I feel somehow sad today (Aug 31, 2011) to see one of my colleagues “laid-off”. I put quotation mark around...

Unleashing my inner Viking, SQLBits and more…

In case you didn't know SQLBits 9 ,”Query across the Mersey”, is taking place in Liverpool from September 21st to...

Are You Willing To Relocate?

I've recently been talking to people looking for DBAs and one of the questions that always gets asked early on...

Receive error #13119 in toolbox instead of tools in Visual Studio 2008

A couple of times over the past few months, while in Visual Studio 2008 working on an SSIS package, I went...

BI Battle Royale–Adam beats up a Hippie

Weekday Lunch RAW!

Welcome to the Smack-down ladies and gentleman. I couldn?t believe it when Brian walked into my office the...

Check the Default Database Setting for your Admin Accounts

Last weekend, as I was waiting for the start of the performance of the Cleveland Orchestra at its summer outdoor...

Presenting at Curacao SQL UG

On Thursday, Sept 1, 2011 at 7:15pm EST, I’ll be presenting via LiveMeeting to the Curacao SQL Server User Group....

Bitwise and Derived Table revisited

Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks.  I want to revisit them just to make some minor updates and clarifications.  This is...

Bitwise and Derived Table revisited

Today I am going to revisit two posts from the past couple of weeks.  I want to revisit them just...

Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS

    Converting EBCDIC to ASCII in SSIS 2008 can seem like a daunting task. There is a lot of manual work...