24 Hours of PASS Sessions Announced

In case you missed it last week, PASS has announced the speaker lineup for the next 24 Hours of PASS. ...

What’s a Passive Server?

Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be...

31 Days of SSIS – SSIS Naming Conventions (31/31)

31 Days of SSIS
We’re at the thirty-first, and last, post for the 31 Days of SSIS.   The series started with...

Your Lack of Documentation is Costing You More Than You Think

You’ve got a mountain of work to get done and not enough time to do it in. There’s simply just not...

My Thoughts on the Intel Sandy Bridge Chipset Recall

I awoke this morning to see a number of stories breaking about the Intel Sandy Bridge H67/P67 Chipset Recall. I...

SQL Lunch - Introduction to Change Data Capture

Join me tomorrow for a little CDC.

#47-Introduction to Change Data Capture

Speaker: Patrick LeBlanc
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Building an Extremely Power Efficient Intel Sandy Bridge Desktop System

Since I have a 3.15Kw grid-tied Solar PV System on the roof of my house in Parker, I pay pretty...

SQL Rally 2011 Voting - Reporting Services Boot Camp

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Since SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 came out, I have been working very close within the BIDS environment and every...

SQL Saturday #57 – Houston

SQL Saturday #57 was this weekend! Sean and I went, talked, webshow-ed, and then presented a total of SIX sessions!

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Powershell to Automate SQL Compare

A question came up on the SQL Server Central Forums, how could you use Red Gate SQL Compare to automate...