SQL Saturday #38 Jacksonville Update
With less than a month away, May 8, before the big event in Jacksonville I wanted to give you a little inside...
2010-04-15
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Third Party Backup Tools – Redgate SQL Backup
To continue my little blog series on SQL Server backups, any series would not be complete without a look at...
2010-04-15
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It’s a Start
One of my 2010 goals is to really increase my SSRS knowledge. I’ve used SSRS in a cursory manner over...
2010-04-15
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Checklist for having a Remote Presenter at your User Group
After having a bit of a tough time in the April OPASS meeting (read about it here), due to not...
2010-04-15
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Schedule Published for SQLSaturday #38 in Jacksonville
SQLSaturday #38 is coming up on May 8th, 2010, back at the same location as in previous years at the...
2010-04-15
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LinkedIn for Blackberry
I’ve been waiting on this for a while, and missed the announcement that it was available, happened to see that...
2010-04-15
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A DMV a Day – Day 15
The DMV for Day 15 is sys.dm_os_performance_counters, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row per performance counter maintained by...
2010-04-15
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Editing Saved Packages
During my last SQLLunch, Introduction to SSIS, I was asked an interesting question by one of the attendees. He asked,...
2010-04-15
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SNESSUG 4/14/2010
Tonight’s Southern New England SQL Server Users group is sponsored by Idera. Our presenter is Scott Abrants of Iron Mountain....
2010-04-14
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SQLBits to be Held this Friday in London
Just as a reminder, if you have registered to attend SQLBits this Friday, April 16, at the Church House Conference...
2010-04-14
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Backing Up a DMK
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