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 […]
Category: The Corner dep
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 […]
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.
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 […]
SQLBlogs.Net
After the articles concerning the content on SQLBlogs.net, I have worked with Steinar Andersen to help get some stuff going on his site again. Steinar has developed some rules for syndication for his site. I […]
DTS and 2008
Have you ever been required to update your SQL Server environment and needed to test it? I know, rhetorical question. I am in such a process currently. We have the entire gambit of project killers […]