Happy New Year

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As 2011 draws to a close and as people look forward to evening of partying and celebrating I’d...

SQLServerDBA News - 2011 Review for SQLServerDBA

2011 was a great year on a personal and professional level
1)       Completed the Brighton Marathon in 4hrs 36 secs
2)       Blogged...

Good Bye 2011

Good Bye 2011

Hey there, this year is going to an end and just want to recall what all happened this...

Thoughts on SSSOLV December Meeting

This is very late – I know.  The meeting was held on December 8, 2011 and I haven’t yet shared my recap/thoughts about the meeting. We hold the SQL...

Thoughts on SSSOLV December Meeting

This is very late – I know.  The meeting was held on December 8, 2011 and I haven’t yet shared my...

Estimated Completion Time for Backups and Restores

I’m in the middle of a database migration and thought I’d quickly share a script I threw together to show...

SSIS Community Tasks and Components

Do you know there are hundreds of additional tasks, tools, and components for SSIS, many which are free?  Why re-invent...

Re-blog – December 23 – December 29

Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...

Increase SQL Server Error Log Files

Recently I learned that you can and probably should increase the number of SQL Server Error logs that your instance...

January 2012 Las Vegas SQL UG

This month I am attempting to get a jump on things a bit.  I am hoping to get the info out in a more timely fashion throughout this new...