Martin Bell UK SQL Server MVP

Chris Date in Edinburgh

MartinBell — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:00 GMT

Chris date is returning to the UK on June 7th and 8th. Details of the course titled "Normal Forms and All That Jazz: A Database Professional's Guide to the Theory of Database Design" can be found at http://www.justsql.co.uk/chris_date/cjd_edin_may_2012...(read more)

Vital Statistics

MartinBell — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:06:00 GMT

I was asked if there was any DMVs that could tell you if a statistic needed to be updated.....(read more)

Powershell Snapins with SQL 2012

MartinBell — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:23:00 GMT

When you make the convert your powershell scripts to run on SQL Server 2012 it won't be able to simple task of loading the SqlServerCmdletSnapin110 and SqlServerProviderSnapin110 snapins...(read more)

SQLBits X–Registrations are open

MartinBell — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:14:00 GMT

SQLBits X Registration are open....(read more)

Calling DTUtil recursively from Powershell

MartinBell — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:47:00 GMT

Using DTUtil to load SSIS packages is very easy if all the files are in one directory or go to one destination. If they aren't using Powershell will be useful....(read more)

Using Powershell to remove strings in files

MartinBell — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:12:00 GMT

One problem with building databases using batch files is the sys,sys_dependencies messages....(read more)

Exciting times for the UK SQL Server community

MartinBell — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:37:00 GMT

An exciting and busy few weeks for the UK SQL Server community are coming up at the end of this month. ...(read more)

My BIG problem with SQL Server Denali!

MartinBell — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:48:11 GMT

In the last couple of weeks I’ve done 3 talks on new features for developers in SQL Server Denali and hit the same problem each time; which is, I have run out of time. The reason for this is that there are so many interesting new feature coming out in...(read more)

Volume Freespace

MartinBell — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:08:00 GMT

In my last blog post I talked about a problem where the incorrect permissions on a mount point directory causes a spurious error message regarding space on the root drive. Whilst investigating the problem I needed to find out the space available on the...(read more)

Mount point permission issues

MartinBell — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:56:00 GMT

I came across this problem with mount points, unfortunately the error message is very misleading....(read more)