XML Support and SQL Server

Checkout my article here, in which I discussed the fundamentals of XML technologies.
This article is published on SSWUG.org.

Planning for ETL solution

Checkout my article here, in which I talked about the basic steps that are requried to plan an successful ETL...

Katie and Emil come back

We are back on SQL Server Central... This is our first post after a while; also a test to see...

SQL Server Consulting Blog–Saturday Stats 1st Dec 2012

This post is little experiment I’m trying out this weekend. The SQL Server Consulting blog has been up and running...

PowerPivot for Excel "Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed to initialize."

Error when trying to enable the PowerPivot for Excel add-in for Office 2010 reads:

"Not loaded.  The Managed Add-in Loader failed...

Speaking at SQLPASS Performance Virtual Chapter Winter 2012 Performance Palooza

I am pleased to announce that I am speaking Thursday, December 6, at the SQLPASS Performance Virtual Chapter Winter 2012...

Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysprotects

This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...

Rules of Holes #7: Some Will Look Down on You.

I've been extoling the Rules of Holes, hoping to give you both courage to get out of your Hole, and solace for having allowed yourself to get in a...

Rules of Holes #7: Some Will Look Down on You.

I've been extoling the Rules of Holes, hoping to give you both courage to get out of your Hole, and solace for having allowed yourself to get in a...

Reblog: November 23 to November 29

Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post.  The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...