Leaders in Meetings

As the owner of a meeting/discussion you have two options on how to drive the conversation, and which you use...

A Strange Twist in my life

As the plane was landing the other day for SQL Saturday in Pensacola, I was struck by how amazing my...

Building HTML Emails With SQL Server and XML

Building HTML Emails With SQL Server and XML
I’ve written a lot of custom reports in my days that output data...

Insert Unknown Row to Dimension Table

When building a warehouse there is a common practice of adding an Unknown row to the Dimension tables.  For me,...

Hawaii is Not Prometric Microsoft Certification Test Friendly

While I was at TechEd last week, I got a 50% off Microsoft Certification test voucher that expires on June...

Building A Remote Desktop Manager Connection List

Remote Desktop Connection Manager or RDCMan is a free download from Microsoft for managing multiple remote desktop connections. The functionality...

Sarasota SQL Server Users Group

Tonight I’m presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you’re interested in attending, you can join in using...

The Value of an Artist

A short while ago someone complained that some of the headlines on SSC were deceiving in terms of what they...

Teaching ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College

I will be teaching a special five week version of ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College...

DBA Hell

On the first day of DBA hell, the server gave to me

A database with damaged system tables and no good...