Home Theater Upgrades
Back in late 2003, I had my basement finished,and as part of that effort, I put in a dedicated home...
2010-09-20
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SSIS: Assign a value to Variable using Dataflow Script task
I am not quite sure how many of you have tried to set or change the value of a variable...
2010-09-19
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SQLSaturday #50 Report
I attended my first SQLSaturday yesterday in Iowa City, Iowa. I spoke on two topics: “What’s New with Reporting Services”...
2010-09-19
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SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the latest version of my Diagnostic Information Queries for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2. These...
2010-09-18
3,953 reads
Are Your Backups Really Safe?
This editorial was originally published in the Simple-Talk newsletter.
Imagine for a moment if you will. As a DBA, and as...
2010-09-18
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SELECT: If ON preceeds JOIN, then how….
I got some excellent questions from my 24HOP session yesterday, and when presenting the same session at NTSSUG last night. ...
2010-09-17
504 reads
CakeWrecks
Recently I had a student point me to CakeWrecks, a blog about good cakes gone bad.The post from today has...
2010-09-17
560 reads
MDX Aggregate Named Set Than Others
In this quick post I wanted to provide some code that's been useful to me recently. This MDX statement creates...
2010-09-17
2,485 reads
SQL Saturday #52 in Denver
Its only about a week until SQL Saturday #52 in Denver. This is an all day, free event, being held...
2010-09-17
651 reads
StreamInsight sample from my 24HOP session
As announced in my StreamInsight session at 24HOP you can download the session material
from here.
Within the next weeks I will...
2010-09-17
547 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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