What’s Mentoring?

We have just kicked off The Mentoring Experiment after talking about it for months. There has been a lot of...

Powershell Day 27

Day 27 Inventory   As discussed ealier about wmi, wmi is a good for accessing inventory data from remote system as:...

Microsoft Certification Exams: Costs are Increasing

It was announced yesterday that the cost of taking a Microsoft exam will increase from the 1 July. In the...

Daily Denali Delight – Day 5

Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released you can be sure to...

The developer / DBA relationship.

G’day,

A large part of my job involves liaising with developers. I spent the first 8 years of my IT career working as...

Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable

The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt to reformat it for easier digestion.  It isn't perfect...

Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable

The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt to reformat it for easier digestion.  It isn't perfect...

A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 26

For Day 26 of this series, I want to talk a little about laptop processor selection (since I get a...

Powershell Day 26

Day 26 Generate script Generate script for sql server objects is very simple, there are different ways we can generate...

Transforming SSIS' sysssislog Entries Into Something More Readable

The format of sysssislog in SSIS 2005 and 2008 isn't great for human consumption, so what follows is an attempt...