OK, let’s dive right into the Import and Export Wizard. If you’re on Vista or Windows 7, hit start, then begin typing “Import and Export Data” It should find it for you pretty quickly. If you’re not on one of those two, look for your SQL 2005 or 2008 folder, and search in those folders…
Month: January 2011
Persuasion and The Interview
Persuasion is an art. But it’s an art form that can make your interview go completely differently. Getting the job is always a bout convincing the hiring manager you are the choice for this job. Some of these techniques are simple, some will take time to master. Let’s start with something simple Smile! You’d be…
SQL 301 – Introduction to SSIS
I’ve been getting requests to cover SSIS, so here we go. Over the next few months I’m going to give you a course that will help you go from knowing what SSIS stands for (SQL Server Integration Services) to being proficient. You’ll learn how to work in SSIS. I’ll teach you what many of the…
SQL 202-Locking and Blocking
At a recent Charlotte SQL Server Users Group meeting, one member asked what’s the difference between locking and blocking. I figured I’d cover that today. Locking When you work in your database, you’re not alone. There are other users connected hitting the same database as you, the same tables as you. You have to share…
Resumes and Objective Statements
Last week I saw a post on lifehacker on a new site called RezScore.com. First of all, if you’re questioning your resume in any way, definitely plug in your resume and you can get an automated grade. You can also opt-in to get assistance on your rewrite if you’d like. I submitted mine last week,…
SQL 202-Interpreting your Execution Plan
OK, I’ve explained how you can see the execution plan for your query (either the actual or the estimated). So now you can see your plan…Now what? What do you want to look for? Here’s the plan for the query I was running when I started this post. I was looking at the IO statistics…
SQL 202-Indexes with WHERE clauses
So I have this table in my new database that is used as the base table for more than 50% of the queries that are run on my server. It’s our product table. Along with all the basic information about products there’s a column that hold the status of that product, it’s either active or…
What Does Google Have to Say About You?
It’s 2005 and I just started with GCS. I was just getting to know my team-mates when one of them told me “you really should check your spelling before you publish a page on your website.” I didn’t know how to respond. I asked my soon to be friend to explain what they were talking…
SQL 202-Covered Indexes
By this point you should feel pretty comfortable with what an INDEX is and what it does for your queries. Basically it provides the server to find your data rows more quickly by creating a look-up to find key values. When teaching indexes I usually open the book closest to me, and show them the…
T-SQL Tuesday-Resolutions
The challenge went out to talk about my techie resolutions. I know I’ve discussed this earlier, but in just a week, I’ve made some progress. Certifications My goal is to complete not one MCITP path, but two! I scheduled my first exam for January 10, 1pm EST. Yes, when this post goes live that will…