March 2009 - Posts

• OT: Outlook 2007 Performance/stability improvements

  If you are using Outlook 2007, you need to consider installing this fix: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=961752 I've had so many frustrations with Outlook 2007 in recent times, mostly performance issues and the dreaded messages about Outlook not having Read More... Posted Monday, March 30, 2009 6:03 AM by Greg Low | 5 Comments

• SQL Lunch - Baton Rouge

  We've been running our local PASS chapter meetings as lunchtime events in Melbourne. I like the idea of lunchtime events, particuarly in the CBD of major cities. Great to see Patrick LeBlanc and the folk from the Baton Rouge chapter doing some lunchtime Read More... Posted Saturday, March 14, 2009 11:11 AM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• TechDays Session : April 1st - Virtual

  Just got the email back to say I'll be one of the speakers for the worldwide TechDays event that Microsoft have running on April 1st. I'll be delivering my session on Full Text Indexing called "Answering the queries your users really want to ask". Not Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:08 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Updated index maintenance tools from Ola Hallengren

  A while back I posted about the index maintenance scripts that one of our friends Ola Hallengren had posted. A lot of people have started using these rather than the database maintenance plans that are created in SQL Server Management Studio. I got an Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:48 AM by Greg Low | 2 Comments

• SQL Server 2008 Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide

  Over the last few months, Solid Quality Mentors colleague Steve Abraham and I have been working with a team at Microsoft who have been creating one of the new IPD (Infrastructure Planning and Design) Guide for SQL Server 2008 as part of the Microsoft Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:55 AM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Book: Pro Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008 - Michael Cole, Hilary Cotter

  I've been running a number of sessions around the world on the full-text search capabilities in SQL Server 2008. In the sessions I've been delivering, I find three groups of people in the room: People that have never used FTS in any version (most of the Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:41 AM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Reports on Reporting Services

  In a recent SQL Down Under show with Jessica Moss , we discussed the need for reports on reporting services itself. Tim Schmidt from Data Aspects pointed out the following set of reports: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms161561(SQL.90).aspx . Read More... Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 10:28 AM by Greg Low | 1 Comments

• OT: Paddle for Hope

  Most that know me well are aware I have an adult daughter with Rett Syndrome . It's a rare condition that pretty much exclusively targets girls. Recently, I received an email from an old school mate that told me about a project he's involved with. They Read More... Posted Sunday, March 01, 2009 11:39 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments