Meme Monday – Horoscope

Did you know that your sign may have changed?  I didn’t – at least not until reading the meme Monday announcement....

Meme Monday: SQL Horoscope: Finding Your Chinese Zodiac

Meme Monday: SQL Horoscope: Finding Your Chinese Zodiac
Chinese Zodiac Figures by Joe Ledbetter

It’s time for July’s Meme Monday post, and...

July 21 Data Arch VC Meeting: Gaurav Aggarwal on Microsoft – Readying on “Hadoop”

July 21 Data Arch VC Meeting: Gaurav Aggarwal on Microsoft – Readying on “Hadoop”
Subject:Microsoft – Readying on “Hadoop”Start Time:Thursday, July 21, 2011...

Environment variable in SSIS not being recognized

If you are using environment variables in SSIS when using package configuration, chances are you will run into a situation...

Meme Monday SQLstrology – Table Valued Zodiac Function

It’s Meme Monday time! Our topic is SQL Horoscopes, or more catchily, SQLStrology.
We’re going to have to figure out what astrological...

SQLSaturday Round Table at the PASS Summit (Early Reminder)

Once again this year we’ll be holding a meeting open to all SQLSaturday event leaders and key team members (and...

Subtle Errors When Using Dates-Part 1

I was reviewing some code recently that has been in production for a while and I saw something like this:
set...

Striping Backups in SQL Backup Pro

There are times you really do want to stripe backups across multiple files. If you have a short backup window,...

Meme Monday in July - PearlKnows All

It’s time for July’s Meme Monday, and below is my entry, Star date 07:11:11.  Started by Twitter|@SQLRockstar,  Thomas LaRock, today’s...

Can you delete from a view?

I have seen this question come up several times over the last few months. Can you delete from a view?...