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Introduction to SQL Server at Christmas

Oct 15, 2012 | Learning Tree, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server Blog | 0 comments

There are still some seats left on the SQL Server 2008 A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction that I will be presenting at the LEC this December. The course will from the 18th to 21st December. So after class you visit the nearby great London shopping to pick up any...

Introduction to SQL Server 2008

Oct 12, 2012 | SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 | 0 comments

There are still some seats left on the SQL Server 2008 A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction that I will be presenting at the LEC this December. The course will from the 18th to 21st December. So after class you visit the nearby great London shopping to pick up any...

An Introduction to SQL Server

Sep 17, 2012 | SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Training | 3 comments

I will be delivering Learning Tree course 137 SQL Server 2008 a Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction in London this December (18th – 21st). If you are new to SQL Server and databases in general this is a great course to get you up and running with SQL Server. It also...

Guest Post: SQL Server Installation Error by David Postlethwaite

Jul 2, 2012 | DavidP, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2 | 0 comments

A strange SQL installation error with even a stranger solution This week I was installing  SQL Server 2008 R2 Developer onto a new Dev server and everything was going fine until it got to about 70% complete when I received this error Could not find the Database...

Morning Checks – Forewarned is forearmed

Jan 9, 2012 | DavidP, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQLServerPedia Syndication | 0 comments

It’s always handy to know if there any problems with your servers before you get into work in the morning. This is why I wrote a program that goes round all our SQL instances at 7am and checks they are all up. If it doesn’t get a reply from one it emails or pages me...

Execute Permissions

Dec 15, 2011 | IanT, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012, SQLServerPedia Syndication | 0 comments

Written by Ian Treasure Gethyn posted on the use of execute permissions a while ago (db_executor at http://www.gethynellis.com/2010/04/dbexecutor-role.html). Briefly, this approach uses a role – db_Executor – to which users are given membership. The execute permission...
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