T-SQL Tuesday #57 – SQL Family and Community

Look at that, it is once again that time of the month that has come to be known as TSQL Tuesday.  TSQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party that occurs on the second Tuesday (most […]

Virtual Box is TOO Small

I have been working on upgrading my laptop.  Since my laptop housed a bunch of my virtual machines for various presentations and labs, that means also upgrading and/or converting my virtual machines. The new laptop […]

Presenting at PSSUG

  Coming up this week, I have been given the opportunity to do something I enjoy doing.  I have been invited to present to the folks in Philadelphia. Sebastian Meine (blog | twitter) approached me […]

Murder in Raleigh

I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop.  This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on continuing.  You can read (in full) about […]

Please open this page in the Admin panel only

I am taking a slight deviation from the usual type of posts that I share.  This time, I just want to share a quick and easy fix that I ran across due to a broken […]

Top 10 Recommended Books…

So the title says it all, right?  Well, only really partially. Recently an article was published listing the top 10 most recommended books for SQL Server.  That’s the part the title doesn’t say.  It is […]

SSIS: Value does not Fall Within the Expected Range

Every now and again I find myself working with SSIS for one reason or another.  Every now and again I find myself fighting with SSIS because it provides less than useful error messages.  This is […]

Murder In Denver

I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop.  This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on continuing.  You can read (in full) about […]

The SQL Sac wrap!!

Every SQL Saturday leaves a mark of some sort.  This time around, the folks in Sacramento have really helped leave a BIG mark. That’s right, this last weekend was SQL Saturday in Sacramento Ca.  You […]

Is your Team Willing to Take Control?

The calendar tells us that once again we have reached the second tuesday of the month.  In the SQL Community, this means a little party as many of you may already know.  This is the […]