Luke Hayler - SQL Server developer

This is the second part in my recap of SQLBits V. You can read Part 1 here.
Sessions
I was assigned as a room monitor on the Saturday, and as 3 of the sessions I was planning on attending were in the BI track, this is where I ended up. The day for Room 1 went as [...]

Better late than never
I’ve been a little under the weather since getting back from SQLBits V so this post has been days in the making instead of just s a few hours. But here it is. This post focuses on the conference sessions, I am going to follow up with another post on people, conference [...]

The SQLBits agenda is up! And not a moment too soon. I understand that the organisers had a few issues when initially trying to get the schedule on the site, but all is resolved. These guys do great work to provide an amazing service to the community, and all at their own expense. So every [...]

Be gentle, It’s my first time
I have never attended a SQL Conference, but yesterday I took steps to rectify that situation. I registered for SQLBits Goes West, which is being held at the Celtic Manor in Newport, South Wales. Check out the SQLBits website for all the info. I am not able to get the [...]

Technorati Tags: Trouble shooting,Informix,SSIS,database connections,ODBC connections
I have been setting up a number of ODBC connections in the last few days, that are to be used in an SSIS package. The connections enable me to access a number of IBM Informix Servers in various locations (DR & TEST sites) and extract specific data for reporting. However, [...]

I have read quite a few blog posts over the last few weeks on documentation. Some of the posts are specific to SQL Server, some are more general in their approach choosing to explain why documentation is good practice and indeed necessary, why it is not just important to have documentation, but to have good [...]

Since I am always up for anything that is free, and particularly when ‘Free’ includes learning, I signed up for a bunch of sessions from the 24 Hours of PASS, due to be held on September 2nd 2009. This event is a series of 24 hour-long SQL Server based sessions by a number of Industry [...]