It is nearly UG meeting time once again. The S3OLV UG will be meeting Thursday August 12 at 6:00. Come and enjoy the fun and socialize with local SQL Server enthusiasts. This month we will […]
Category: The Corner dep
TSQL Tuesday Coming Up
The next TSQL Tuesday is only 1 week away. This month the topic covers getting a little R&R. We would like to know some of the things that you do in order to get the […]
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 03
Chapter 3 of the Defensive Database Programming Book by Alex Kuznetsov teaches us about how to “survive” changes to database objects. Alex brings to light how simple changes to the underlying schema could be damaging […]
A little Dance with SSIS and Informix
Not too many moons ago I embarked on porting some servers over from SQL 2000 to SQL 2008. On some of these SQL 2000 servers, we had numerous DTS packages performing various ETL functions. One […]
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 02
This is the review of the second chapter of the book Defensive Database Programming. The title of this chapter is “Code Vulnerabilities Due to SQL Server MisConceptions.” This chapter examines three common misconceptions: WHERE clause […]
Gettin’ Skewled
Observe and Report This month we get to frolic in our memories of school days. Thanks to HeadMaster Robert Davis (Blog | @SQLSoldier), we are entreated to a little detention while we figure out how […]
TSQL 2sday Coming Up
TSQL Tuesday is fast upon us once again. In fact, in my time zone, it is just a day away. This month the event is being hosted by Robert L. Davis. We get to go […]
S3OLV July Recap
This month we had our first adventure in LiveMeeting presentations. We had the pleasure of listening to Jack Corbett give us some good information on using Profiler and creating traces. Jack was the guinea pig […]
July SSSOLV UG Meeting
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 […]
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 […]