Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method...
2011-08-15
1,335 reads
Micromanaging
Micromanaging is one of those words that evokes an instant negative image. Certainly there are times when it happens, but...
2011-08-15
633 reads
ColoradoSQL in August
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so...
2011-08-15
586 reads
Using Checksum in SSIS for Delta Loads
The checksum function in SQL is a great way to compare two rows to see if the data matches. The...
2011-08-15
4,019 reads
Auditing SQL Logins Part II
Written by David Postlethwaite
In a previous blog I talked about how to audit successful logins. So what about failed logins?
As...
2011-08-15
1,485 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #79
This was the third SQLSaturday in South Florida and the third time I’ve attended, just too good an event to...
2011-08-15
734 reads
SQLPeople INSPIRE NYC - Coming this FALL - November 12, 2011
Nature abhors a
vacuum. So, when I see so many SQL
Server happenings going on all over the country, and indeed the...
2011-08-15
1,851 reads
Don't Wait to Start Blogging
I was reading a post by Jonathan Fields (blog | twitter) about making bad guitars. Okay, so what does that have to...
2011-08-15
2,255 reads
Counting code lines in SPs with Powershell
One of interesting tasks I once had is to check the # of code lines for all user stored procedures (SPs)...
2011-08-14
1,404 reads
A second week at SQLskills – performance tuning
G’day,
Back in February, I was lucky enough to attend a week of training on SQL internals from the people at...
2011-08-14
1,175 reads
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