An Artist I’m Not!
One of the gifts my Mom gave my children was a ‘Painting Rocks’ kit. Great marketing, six medium sized rocks,...
2011-01-07
560 reads
Troubleshooting SSRS subscription failures
Of-late one of our SSRS 2005 report subscriptions started to fail regularly with the error message
Failure sending mail: Timeout expired....
2011-01-07
3,073 reads
It’s A Major Award!
“It’s a major award!” That’s what Darren McGavin’s signature role, Mr. Parker, proudly proclaimed to friends and family in the...
2011-01-07
593 reads
The laptop rebuild continues
Not done yet, but I have been slowly patching and installing software over the last few evenings, stuck at my...
2011-01-07
665 reads
SQL Server Index Tuning for Mere Mortals
One of the most important things to measure, monitor, and “get right” for good overall SQL Server OLTP performance is...
2011-01-07
3,483 reads
PASSMN January Meeting Update
Thought I would drop a quick note on the January PASSMN meeting. We’re running a bit behind getting things ramped...
2011-01-06
489 reads
SQLSaturday #62 - Tampa
Hey Folks just a quick reminder that next Saturday January 15th is SQL Saturday 62 in Tampa. If you haven't...
2011-01-06
651 reads
31 Days of SSIS – Recursive SSIS Package (6/31)
31 Days of SSIS
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m writing 31 Days of SSIS. In the first post...
2011-01-06
2,566 reads
Date Rounding Tactics and the Tiny Devil of SMALLDATETIME
Tiny Devils
With every new year I think a little bit about time and dates. This posts looks a little more...
2011-01-06
2,450 reads
Goals for 2011
Last week I wrote about my goals for last year and some frustration at having to make some trade offs...
2011-01-06
588 reads
Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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