SQL Skills IE3 #sqlskills

I attended my first SQL Skills event in December 2011.  Due to a big project at work I was able...

Gardens and Scarecrows

A few weeks ago I started clearing space for a small garden. Tedious work due to the area of the...

Why I don’t like maintenance plans

If you create a maintenance plan (SQL 9.0.3042) to backup databases and select All databases as below;

Then at some point...

I’m Not a Bozo!

Something fun for Friday, this was a gift from the client I work with to lighten things up and do...

SQL Roundup – 03/16-2012

Howdy! I was flying last week, and for the first time i sat facing a flight attendant. You don’t actually...

Help I'm not Sysadmin!

I am currently working on some client servers to upgrade multiple SQL 2008 R2 Express instances to 2008 R2 Standard. ...

March #Meme15 – Facebook

It’s the early morning of the 16th, and time to write my #meme15 post.  Remember, these are due on or...

1 year old sandwich

It's been an interesting day. It was the 1 year anniversary of SQLSandwiches today. It was also my last day working...

Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 3: PowerPivot

Today I’ll be continuing in a blog series designed to help you decide which presentation tool is best for your...

Execution Plans – Merge Join

The Merge Join is a Physical Operation when joining 2 sets of data that are in the same order.
There...