2009 November | Richard Douglas - SQL Server Professional

Woohoo, manager has signed off on #sqlbits. 3 whole days of SQL goodness :) about 13 hours ago from TweetDeck
@databasejase Hi mate, are you going to SQLBits this time? about 1 day ago from TweetDeckin reply to databasejase
ha ha Aussie Jason Donovan looked shocked when he found out his ancestor was a convict on Who Do You Think You Are - Priceless! about 1 day ago from TweetDeck
@BrentO $1000 for a mac mini? I'd expect a Big Mac for that :-) How to Buy Your First Mac: http://bit.ly/9xLE1u about 1 day ago from TweetDeckin reply to BrentO
@SQLGRE afraid not, I'm actually part way through writing a blog about this ... about 1 day ago from TweetDeckin reply to SQLGRE
RT @BrentO: Interview with @GlennAlanBerry by @bradmcgehee in which Glenn says our book is his favorite. http://bit.ly/cqN5QF - Great book about 1 day ago from TweetDeck
@SQLBob Was that a phrase you picked up from that link you sent rounsd earlier? about 2 days ago from TweetDeckin reply to SQLBob
A 3rd party has just told me by email that I should have maintenance routines that include auto shrink! #SQLFail about 2 days ago from TweetDeck
@JohnSansom I have a few books on my phone, but I find that the screen just isn't large enough. about 2 days ago from TweetDeckin reply to JohnSansom
@JohnSansom We were just talking about Kindles about an hour ago here in the office, I'd love to hear a review .... about 2 days ago from TweetDeckin reply to JohnSansom

Finding Files in ActiveX

The second part of this series on finding files in SQL Server introduces the FileSystemObject. [...]

SQLBits review

It’s now been a week since SQLBits V started in Newport, Wales, so it’s about time I wrote a little on it.

First of all I have to say a big thank you to all the organisers, speakers and sponsors without whom the event would not have been possible. The facilities at the conference centre was absolutely [...]

SQLBits V session agenda now online

For those of you that have registered the agenda’s for SQLBits V is now available online.

http://www.sqlbits.com/information/newagenda.aspx

Hope to see a few of [...]

SSMS scripting editor

Thanks go to Tony Rogerson and Justin Langford for a great evening at Reading last night. It was the first time I had been to the Microsoft Campus so was a bit in awe of everything. Justin and Tony both gave great sessions, but the tip I am going to talk about was almost a throwaway comment [...]

User Group Reminder: Reading

There is a SQL user group meeting in Reading tomorrow night hosted by MVP Tony Rogerson and Justin Langford. Tony will be covering “An Introduction to the SQL Server architecture and also High Availability (Partitioning and File Groups (backup, restore, partial restore))” while Justin will be resenting a session on Virtualising SQL Server.

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Let SSIS notify you of it's own errors

One of the things I love best about SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is how powerful expressions are. In this blog I will talk about how you can enable SSIS to email you when a step has gone wrong. Pretty normal stuff you might think I could do that in DTS in truth yes you could [...]

SSIS Overflowed Disk I/O Buffer

This morning I had a wake up call from a colleague saying that there had been a problem with one of the processes and could I take a look at it. So out comes the laptop, on goes the router, hunt around for my code fob and off we go (even though I’m not on call, [...]

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