SSIS package runs fine until put in a job

I see this issue pop up every now and then: A developer creates an SSIS package in BIDS and gets...

SQLRally–Don’t Forget Your Business Cards?

SQLRally is a week away.  Are you ready?  It’s going to be a good time to learn and freshen up...

Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems And the Disk Ain’t One

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Meme Monday: I Got 99 SQL Problems and the Disk Ain’t One

I am a bit late to this party. I have seen...

SQL Saturday #74 Session Recap

Hopefully if you came to my session this year at SQL Saturday in Jacksonville, FL you came away with some...

Writing Better Emails

In January 2009, I made the transition back to being a senior DBA. One of the first things my manager...

How do you create or update stored procedures.

G’day,
Running object creation scripts into other environments is a big part of most DBA’s work – especially when a new system...

May 2011 S3OLV Meeting

After a whirlwind of last minute changes last month, we expect stability this month with the monthly meeting. Meeting Time is 6:30PM PST Erika Bakse (blog | twitter) has...

May 2011 S3OLV Meeting

After a whirlwind of last minute changes last month, we expect stability this month with the monthly meeting.
Meeting Time is...

T-SQL Tuesday #18 Coming Next Week

Other than the week I hosted it, I’ve been caught off guard by T-SQL Tuesday most months. This time I...

Indexing for ORs

All of the indexing strategy posts I’ve written in the past have been concerned with predicates combined with ANDs. That’s...