What’s Mentoring?
We have just kicked off The Mentoring Experiment after talking about it for months. There has been a lot of...
2011-04-27
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Powershell Day 27
Day 27 Inventory As discussed ealier about wmi, wmi is a good for accessing inventory data from remote system as:...
2011-04-27
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Microsoft Certification Exams: Costs are Increasing
It was announced yesterday that the cost of taking a Microsoft exam will increase from the 1 July. In the...
2011-04-27
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Daily Denali Delight – Day 5
Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released you can be sure to...
2011-04-27
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The developer / DBA relationship.
G’day,
A large part of my job involves liaising with developers. I spent the first 8 years of my IT career working as...
2011-04-27
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Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable
The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt to reformat it for easier digestion. It isn't perfect...
2011-04-26
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Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable
The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt to reformat it for easier digestion. It isn't perfect...
2011-04-26
7 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 26
For Day 26 of this series, I want to talk a little about laptop processor selection (since I get a...
2011-04-26
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Powershell Day 26
Day 26 Generate script Generate script for sql server objects is very simple, there are different ways we can generate...
2011-04-26
668 reads
Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable
The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt...
2011-04-26
1,948 reads
Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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