September 2011 - Posts

• September Edition of SolidQ Journal: More free SQL goodness

  Great to see that our team has the September edition of the SolidQ Journal out the door. I was interested to see Fernando Guerrero's editorial regarding the recent BUILD conference in Anaheim and the implications for the industry. Laurent Martin is a Read More... Posted Monday, September 26, 2011 12:01 PM by Greg Low | 0 Comments

• Denali: Improved T-SQL Query Optimization

  Part of the value in the ongoing evolution of the T-SQL language is that we are moving further and further towards being declarative rather than prescriptive ie: we are able to tell SQL Server what we want, rather than how to do it. Over time, that raises Read More... Posted Sunday, September 11, 2011 3:05 PM by Greg Low | 4 Comments

• Denali: Note the small but important things in SSIS

  With SQL Server, there often seems to be an over-emphasis on the items that provide bullet points for the marketing brochure. Yet, small but useful changes to the product can make a more profound impact on DBAs/developers than the new items that are highlighted Read More... Posted Sunday, September 11, 2011 2:49 PM by Greg Low | 2 Comments

• Do you still sharpen your knives?

  We end up staying in Sydney several times per year, either for training or mentoring/consulting work. When we do, one of the hotels that we really like is the Westin . I would find it hard though, to list all the reasons why I like it. (There are some Read More... Posted Thursday, September 08, 2011 4:11 PM by Greg Low | 1 Comments