Denver SQL Server User’s Group Meeting on January 20, 2011

My good friend, Kevin Cox, of Microsoft’s SQLCAT (SQL Customer Advisory Team) will be giving a presentation on what is...

Removing Time From A Datetime Value

How much time would a DateTime have if a DateTime had no time?

Ok, forgive the bad pun. But the point...

Introducing MagicPASS - Orlando's New PASS Chapter

After a year of planning I'm proud to announce that South Orlando has a new PASS chapter: MagicPASS! Our first...

SQL University: Spring 2011

The new SQL University Logo
Welcome back students! We’re very excited to start up a new semester and SQLU is back and...

31 Days of SSIS – Create XML Document (13/31)

31 Days of SSIS
Day thirteen and we are trucking along with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series.  The last...

SQL People Events - TED for SQL Server

When I first saw Andy Leonard's post about a new SQL People event, I was intrigued. It's not a training...

Silly Billiseconds

You have to admire Microsoft for sticking to their guns, even when being palpably stupid. I refer, of course to...

January ’11 Meeting Reminder

If you saw my blog post the other day, you know that S3OLV has a meeting this Thursday (Jan 13, 2010) at 6:30 PM PST.  If not, then you...

January ’11 Meeting Reminder

If you saw my blog post the other day, you know that S3OLV has a meeting this Thursday (Jan 13,...

How to Obtain and Install SQL Server Service Packs and Cumulative Updates

If you are in charge of one or more SQL Server instances, whether they are on a laptop, or a...