How To Make Your Laptop 100x Faster
Simon Sabin had his own take on increasing laptop speed. He had some good ideas, but he inspired me to...
2011-05-18
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How To: Use the Same Data Flow Column Twice As a Parameter in SSIS
Every once in a while, you'll have a slightly more complex UPDATE statement in an OLE DB Command or Destination. You'll use an UPDATE statement or a destination table that needsto use...
2011-05-18
12 reads
How To: Use the Same Data Flow Column Twice As a Parameter in SSIS
Every once in a while, you'll have a slightly more complex UPDATE statement in an OLE DB Command or Destination. You'll use an UPDATE statement or a destination table that needsto use...
2011-05-18
19 reads
How To: Use the Same Data Flow Column Twice As a Parameter in SSIS
Every once in a while, you'll have a slightly more complex UPDATE statement in an OLE DB Command or Destination. ...
2011-05-18
1,382 reads
Where to put the logic? SQL? Code?
A discussion of where logic should go and why SQL might be the best place.
SQL is a powerful language and...
2011-05-18
844 reads
Not. Quite. There. This Time I Failed the Lab
Since I’ve been blogging about my progress through the SQL Server MCM certification, it makes sense to follow-up with my...
2011-05-17
681 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU14 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 CU4 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. The first one...
2011-05-17
1,530 reads
Presenting at Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May 19
I will be giving the main presentation at this month’s meeting of the Denver SQL Server User’s Group on May...
2011-05-17
601 reads
On Transactions, errors and rollbacks
Do errors encountered within a transaction result in a rollback?
It seems, at first, to be a simple question with an...
2011-05-17
13,289 reads
Updated SQLSaturday Advisory Council
About a year and a half ago we put together the first advisory council consisting of Andy Leonard, Kevin Kline,...
2011-05-17
702 reads
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Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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