This is really late notice – apologies in advance. We will be holding the LV UG meeting July 8th at the same time and same place as usual. 777 N Rainbow, Ste 250. 6:30 PM […]
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SQL 2008 DTS
It’s a Bird… No, not really. It’s just Windows 7. I have recently upgraded to Windows 7. I took the roundabout trip to do that going from Server 2003 to Windows XP and […]
Q2 Goal Review
As we close out the Second Quarter of 2010 it is time to review progress made on the Goals I set at the beginning of the year. Just like the end of Q1, I think […]
Who2 Article Published
I just had my second article published on June 14, 2010 at SQLServerCentral. I will be posting a follow-up to that article in the near future. The follow-up is related to the discussion in the […]
Declare Scalar Variable
Lately I have been going through a bunch of maintenance style scripts and fixing them. Along with fixing them, I have also been updating them to work more efficiently and to work in SQL 2008. […]
24 HOP Available
Just a quick note. PASS has made the 24 Hours of PASS available via streaming video. You can check it out at 24 Hours of PASS. There is a variety of topics and sessions from […]
June S3OLV Wrapup
Last night we had our monthly Chapter User group meeting in affiliation with PASS. Honestly, the experience was quite humbling and embarrassing. What could one do though given the circumstances? You may be wondering what […]
Data Compression
I see database compression, as offered with SQL 2008, to be more like these file compression utilities than DriveSpace. Data compression in SQL 2008 is not an all or none implementation. You get to pick and choose what gets compressed. That is a big time bonus for me.
June 2010 S3OLV Meeting
The S3OLV monthly meeting is being held this Thursday. We will be meeting at the same location and time as usual. This month we have a couple of vendors coming to speak. Fusion IO and […]
Defensive Database Programming Chapter 01
Today I am finally getting around to the review of the first chapter as promised. I talked about the book a bit in the first post on the subject, which can be found here. This […]