Agent Jobs Using SSIS

This is a short script to help the DBA with documentation purposes.  This would come in handy especially in those cases where you are consulting or you have taken on a new job. Suppose you […]

T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

Another month and another opportunity to write about an interesting topic.  This month hosting TSQL Tuesday is Argenis Fernandez (Blog | Twitter). This month, Argenis has invited us to talk about demons from our past. […]

Physical or Virtual

Today I get to share something that has been on my someday list for quite some time.  I have planned on getting a solution that involves TSQL to help determine if you are running SQL […]

Views in Use?

Today, I am following up on a topic I mentioned in an earlier post.  In case you haven’t read the post on finding your linked servers, you can read it here. It is in that […]

Linked Servers

Do you have linked servers that have been created in your environment?  Do you know what these linked servers are? Finding Linked Servers SQL Server has provided us means to be able to find the […]

S3OLV – Get your Merge On

We are rapidly closing in on the February meeting for S3OLV.  You might remember reading about the upcoming meeting here. We are looking to have an excellent meeting this month.  We have had a good […]

Slammer, Alive…Barely

By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm.  It was quite an infectious little nuisance.  The harm it caused came largely due to unpatched, unprotected SQL Servers.

S3OLV February 2012

Do you recognize this person?   If you are from the Colorado Springs area, you probably do.  This is:       Troy Ketsdever (twitter) Troy will be presenting to the Las Vegas SQL User […]

S3OLV – Jan 2012 Meeting Recap

Last week (Jan 12, 2012), we held the user group meeting for the SQL Server Society of Las Vegas (a.k.a S3OLV or SSSOLV). Presenting at that meeting was Josh Lewis (Twitter).  Josh presented on a […]