September 2011 - Posts

• PASS UK Regional Mentor

  Posted Monday, September 26, 2011 10:32 AM | 2 Comments
  
  

  I have just had an email from Mark Ginnebaugh welcoming me to the role of PASS UK Regional Mentor. This was a role previously carried out by Simon Sabin but he has recently stepped down due to other pressures on his time so Chris Testa O'Neill and I have Read More by fatherjack | 2 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Blogging, SQLBits, Admin

• SQL Relay - Building the Community

  Posted Monday, September 19, 2011 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  Currently there are 16 user groups in the UK connected with SQL Server, they cover a lot of the UK spanning from Exeter (The one that I run) to Edinburgh and from Cardiff to Maidstone. We all run regular meetings that are free to attend and have speakers Read More by fatherjack | 0 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: community

• If you see Sid, tell him.

  Posted Monday, September 12, 2011 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  I am wholly showing my age with the title of this blog post. The title of this post is quote that may or may not mean anything to you. It will, sadly, mean even less to you if you were not in the UK during the 1980's. Apologies for that but on with the Read More by fatherjack | 0 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: SSMS, Tips and Tricks, TSQL, Security, Logins

• So, you are doing a system upgrade

  Posted Monday, September 05, 2011 3:00 AM | 0 Comments
  
  

  I have just completed the upgrade of our main CRM system from old hardware to new. It all started just as we started the new year and we identified that the existing hardware was going to be 5 years old in September 2011. Company policy states that we Read More by fatherjack | 0 Comments | Comment on this post Filed Under: Tips and Tricks, RedGate Tools, TSQL