Blog Post: Back to "School" -- Three SQL Server Management Tips for a Busy...
While in the “real world” our days don’t end at 3:00 p.m. when the school bell rings and we certainly don’t have summers off, we all do tend to still follow an academic calendar. That means early...
View ArticleBlog Post: Reblog: September 6 to September 12
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information that I need to solve a problem or answer a question. It’s that whole “cha-ching” – buried treasure!...
View ArticleBlog Post: What are the minimum permissions for Activity Monitor
Activity monitor is something that I do not use very often – it is just easier for me to work with the DMVs and the rest of the tools out there that show you what really is happening on your server....
View ArticleBlog Post: PASS Summit Meeting Rooms at the Charlotte Convention Center
The schedule for the PASS Summit in Charlotte has been released. Since I’m lucky enough to have a session on the schedule, I looked up a map of the Charlotte Convention Center to get the lay of the...
View ArticleBlog Post: Getting Started with Parameters, Variables & Configurations in...
Overview: This is a high level review of the terminology for configurable items like parameters and variables in SQL Server Integration Services 2012. This discussion is applicable to the Project...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server – How to Create Registered Servers to Easily Manage and...
Registered servers is a great way to manage, categorize and access the SQL servers through SSMS and also one of the overlooked aspects. Registered servers are handy when you want to have all your...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power BI Preview Review
I’ve had access to the Power BI preview for a week or so now and had the chance to spend a bit of time studying it (there’s nothing like a looming UG presentation to focus your mind when learning new...
View ArticleBlog Post: Free Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
Want a free pass to the SQL Server Live! conference in Orlando this year? Look no further, here is your chance to win a free pass to the conference. Of course, you first have to answer a few questions...
View ArticleBlog Post: Loop Through Excel Files in SSIS
You can loop through excel files using SSIS. This will use the For Each Loop container and a data flow task. First Create a variable named strExcelfile as a string variable; you can leave the value...
View ArticleBlog Post: DBA Myths: You can’t use an alias in an UPDATE statement.
I’ve found a very common belief among users of T-SQL (both DBAs and Developers) is that you can’t use an alias with the UPDATE statement. As best I can tell the reason for this is because of a simple...
View ArticleBlog Post: September 2013 meet-up of the SS SLUG
The September 2013 meet-up of the SS SLUG is happening this week. See the image below for details. http://dbfriend.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
View ArticleBlog Post: Availability Monitoring – Part 3
This is the final almost final part of my series of articles about creating a process to monitor your SQL Server for downtime. Part 1 can be found here . Part 2 can be found here. Reporting Now that...
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #49
Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up. If you follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of things I find interesting. While these...
View ArticleBlog Post: How to Check SQL Server Evaluation Version Expire Date ?
SQL Server Evaluation Edition is available free of cost. It’s a trial version & valid for limited time of period. The expiration date is always 180 days from the initial installation date. The...
View ArticleBlog Post: PowerShell – List Local or Remote Programs with an Exclusion List...
This post is to list all the software installed on your local or remote machines. The exclusion list is an array item which holds the programs that you wanted to exclude it from displaying in an...
View ArticleBlog Post: Memory: The Cheap, Quick Cure for SQL Server Performance
Storage and memory are one of the critical keys to SQL server performance. While the internals of SQL server haven’t changed much at all—the data is still stored in 8k pages, an almost comical number...
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