How To Speak At SQL Saturday Events

The PASS SQL Saturday events are meant to be a place to grow the pool of speakers, provide a mechanism...

There are #temp tables and then there are ##temp tables.

Temporary tables are a common enough thing in T-SQL that most of us have probably used them on a fairly...

Iterating Through Excel Worksheets with Biml

Wrangling large or complex Excel workbooks in SSIS can be a challenge. From managing data types (more about that in...

Statistics on UNIQUEIDENTIFIER columns

During the SQLRally conference in Copenhagen/Denmark, Brent Ozar (Blog, Twitter) and I had a very interesting conversation regarding Statistics on...

Date Range Challenge in sql

Hi Folks,

When you work in a offshore - onsite setup in IT industry and if you are fortunate 🙂 to be a...

How to Replace Multiple Strings in a File using PowerShell

Replace the Data Source and Initial Catalog values of WebConfig.XML
Content of XML file
<Configuration ConfiguredType=”Property” Path=”\Package.Connections[ConnStaging].Properties[ConnectionString]” ValueType=”String”>

<ConfiguredValue>Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=Stage;Integrated Security=SSPI; Connection Timeout = 10</ConfiguredValue>

</Configuration>

PARAM(
[String]$DatabaseName='DCTarget',
[String]$XML='c:\webconfig.XML',
[String]$DatabaseServer='DataCenterDB01')[string]$db...

SQL Saturday #408 Houston – June 13th 2015

Call for speakers is now open for SQL Saturday #408 in Houston, TX.  If you are interested in presenting please...

My First Ever SQL Saturday Pre-Con

Like most people I have a bucket list of things to do before I depart for other things. However I...

Speaker of the Month: February & March 2015

It’s not a question of scheduling. I just haven’t been to lots of community events in the last several months...

SQL Server Virtualization for VM Admins – SQL Saturday Madison Precon

I am pleased to announce a brand new pre-conference training session, entitled “SQL Server Virtualization for VM Admins“, to be...