As we get more involved with the BI stack of tools we find ourselves learning some of the nuances of supporting all of these new environments. One such example is SSAS. When people build and deploy cubes to an instance of SSAS they (eventually) get around to asking about restores and recovery. And since the … Read more
We decided to host Christmas dinner for our families this year. There were to be about fifteen people coming over for dinner. Suzanne and I set the menu and we went with a standing rib roast as the main attraction. Early in the week Suzanne stopped at our local meat outlet and walked out with … Read more
OK everyone, great job against UDB the other night. It was a real team effort and it made me proud to see just how far we have come in a short amount of time. Our last game is tomorrow afternoon, making this our last practice for the semester. We have to head across town to … Read more
With Christmas coming this Friday I wanted to take some time and reflect upon the past year. 2009 has been quite a ride for me professionally and personally. Lots of action over the past twelve months. I wanted to take some time to reflect, recharge, and redirect where I want to go over the next … Read more
I have seen more than one blog post written about how you can use sqlcmd /L to find the SQL Servers on your network. I have seen it mentioned so many times, in fact, that I started to believe it myself. I mean, why would I doubt such statements, especially when I have never used /L … Read more
In my life I have managed to upset enough people with just a few words. Well, sometimes it is more than just a few. And other times it is how the message gets delivered. But in my experience there are four words that when spoken, no matter what the context or tone, they will more … Read more
