Martin Bell UK SQL Server MVP

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting, Edinburgh - Thursday 25th March

MartinBell — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:58:00 GMT

User Group Meeting for the Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting on 25th March 2010...(read more)

SQLBits 6 Registration Now Open

MartinBell — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:01:00 GMT

SQLBits VI registations opened on 17 March 2010 at 12:00 ...(read more)

VBUG Manchester March 3rd 2010 - Slides and examples

MartinBell — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:23:00 GMT

At the VBUG meeting in Manchester on 3rd March, I was scheduled to talk about Table Valued Parameters, but when I got there the guys wanted something more general so I talked about some of the new features of SQL 2008. The presentation is here and the...(read more)

Visual Studio Professional 2010 upgrades

MartinBell — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:33:00 GMT

Discounted Visual Studio 2010 upgrade...(read more)

Learning SQL Server

MartinBell — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:21:00 GMT

Everyone is different when it comes to learning, here are a few options to help you find your own preference....(read more)

Slides from the Scottish Area User Group Meeting 25th February

MartinBell — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:33:00 GMT

I really enjoyed last weeks user group meeting, the interaction from everyone helped make it an excellent evening. Iain has provided these links for the two products he mentioned in the talk: The product information for Lightspeed is here and the videos...(read more)

DDD Scotland Registration is now open!

MartinBell — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Registration for Developer Day Scotland is now open!...(read more)

Readonly Databases

MartinBell — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:23:00 GMT

Have you ever seen a READ_ONLY database with a massive log file and thought why are they wasting all that space?...(read more)

Breaking News - Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting, Edinburgh 25th February

MartinBell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:04:00 GMT

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting...(read more)

Renaming a computer and maintenance plans

MartinBell — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:41:00 GMT

Renaming a server may have knock on issues with maintenance plans, although this method is not sanctioned by MSFT it could get you out of a sticky situation....(read more)

Scottish Area SQL Server User Group Meeting, Edinburgh 25th February

MartinBell — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:46:00 GMT

I’m looking forward to this weeks Scottish Area SQL Server User Group meeting. Iain Kick is our guest speaker talking about Performance Troubleshooting. I’ve seen this talk a couple of times and it’s always great to hear how a vendor approaches these...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit Released

MartinBell — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:37:00 GMT

I noticed that the SQL Server 2008 Developers Training Kit has been re-released last week with a R2 Update. It looks like a great resource for SQL 2008 information and the additional features in SQL 2008 R2. It includes links to 8 videos (mainly R2 features...(read more)

ROWCOUNT when setting variables

MartinBell — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:02:00 GMT

A common error that you encounter as a DBA is someone setting variables in code to the wrong values. I thought I would look into if checking @@ROWCOUNT could help and if it should be a pattern used when setting variables....(read more)

SQLBits goes West the video(s)

MartinBell — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:19:00 GMT

SQLBits videos are now available...(read more)

SQLBits sponsors DDD 8 coaches

MartinBell — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:17:00 GMT

SQLBits are going to be helping out DDD by laying on coaches from Reading Station to Thames Valley Park....(read more)