SelectViews Show Donald Farmer is on the show — I sat down with him to learn about PowerPivot, the new add-in for Excel that helps you in working with information from your SQL Server in new ways… *fast and easy* ways. I had it wrong (as you’ll see in the show) – so Donald went through a demo, explained and […]

Webcast: Panic! SQL Disaster Strikes: 5 Best Practices to Recovery No matter how much we prepare, when disaster strikes we all feel a moment of panic. For some that panic quickly passes as we get down to work to fix the problem. For others the panic continues to grow as we search for a solution. Of course back up is […]

Featured Article(s) SQL Server 2008 Change data capture Step by Step Guide SQL Server 2008 Change data capture Step by Step Guide PowerPivot Expo – Tomorrow – Free Tomorrow’s expo will be all about understanding and using the new PowerPivot tool from Microsoft. PowerPivot is a free add-in for Excel 2010 (works with the beta, works along-side prior releases of […]

TSQL for the Rest of Us – TOMORROW! Register Right Now and we’ll see you there! This virtual workshop will go through core TSQL, with *lots* of examples, lots of specific how-to information, information about stored procedures and how to create them, working with JOINs, working with and createing VIEWs and even how to set up tasks with SQL Agent […]

ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER TSQL – For the Rest of Us Our workshop is only a few days away now – Thursday Jan 21, 2010. The workshop is all about what you need to know to get up to speed on TSQL – from SELECT to what stored procedures are and how you create and use […]

TSQL – For the Rest of Us Our workshop is only a few days away now – Thursday Jan 21, 2010. The workshop is all about what you need to know to get up to speed on TSQL – from SELECT to what stored procedures are and how you create and use them, from DELETE to UPDATE to understanding views. […]

Featured Article(s) Working with SharePoint 2010 Content Rating feature SharePoint 2010 allows for users to rate site content which you can later aggregate and display ratings in search and various other views and modules. It`s a great new feature and in this article I would like to show you some tips and tricks on how enabling ratings pragmatically in your […]

Have you registered for the free PowerPivot and SQL Server Expo? [Register Here] Webcast Today: Panic! SQL Disaster Strikes: 5 Best Practices to Recovery No matter how much we prepare, when disaster strikes we all feel a moment of panic. For some that panic quickly passes as we get down to work to fix the problem. For others the panic […]

Featured Article(s) 9 Things I learned in 2009 (Part 1) It is that time of year again. But the list has changed. This is Part one in a two part series. New WorkShop – SQL Server TSQL For The Rest of Us By popular demand, our next virtual workshop will be all about getting you going with TSQL – from […]

Announcing: SSWUG.ORG Spring Virtual Conference We’ll be hosting 75 sessions, more than 20 presenters – all about SQL Server, Business Intelligence, SharePoint and even .NET. We’ll be bringing the conference directly to your desktop. The SSWUG.ORG Virtual Conference is unlike any other virtual conference you may have attended. From full transcripts to high-quality video to interactive chat and integration with […]