TRY/CATCH - The Great Way to Handle Exceptions in SQL 2005/8

This is based on the original post in Franglais.

The goal of this post is to explain how to handle errors...

Scripting Our Daily (Professional) Lives

I talk a lot about scripting tasks on our servers to automate our regular processes, but in this case I'm...

Seatguru - Getting a Good Seat on the Plane

Ran across this a while back and just getting to it, Seatguru is a site that lets you figure out...

I Learned a New Word

Do you know what a Geoid is?
I’ve been working my way through Beginning Spatial with SQL Server 2008, actually “through”...

Balancing Priorities

This one isn't a technical post, but it's entirely appropriate to those of us in the IT field. Today was a...

Other Desktops

The USB not in Hyper-V thing is annoying. It actually made me stop and consider my alternatives for a desktop....

Reminder - SQLSaturday #12 in Portland is June 6, 2009

Ken Starnes from the Portland group will be having their first event on June 6th. I like the way they've...

Notes on SQLSaturday #7

I flew up to Birmingham Friday for SQLSaturday #7 organized by John Baldwin from Steel City SQL and a lot...

Security Basics: Understanding the Surface Area

When it comes to securing a system, it's important to understand how it might be attacked. That's what surface area...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

For those who are interested, I've got a couple of speaking engagements coming up in the next two weeks. I'll be speaking...