Tim Mitchell

Keeping a Low Profile

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

I’ve been mostly offline for the last ten days or so, cutting back on blogging and forum participation and mostly...

2009-09-01

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Pass Board of Directors

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

As you’ve no doubt heard or read, the call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors is open until...

2009-08-27

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A New Identity

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

Well, perhaps not a whole new identity, just a consolidation of multiple facets of my online persona.  For several years...

2009-08-23

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The Netbook: 40 Days In

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

I wrote last month about purchasing a new Toshiba netbook to supplement my mobile computing arsenal.  Forty days later, I’m...

2009-08-22

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SQL Lunch

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

Baton Rouge SQL Server group leader and recent SQL Saturday host Patrick LeBlanc is putting together a new learning series. ...

2009-08-21

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Don’t Use USE (in SSIS, at least)

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

I ran into a situation this week that brought to light a subtle syntactical error I’d made in creating an...

2009-08-19

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NTSSUG Meeting on Thursday: Brian Knight

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

The North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) monthly meeting will be held this Thursday, August 20th, at the Microsoft...

2009-08-17

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SSIS Documentation suggestions on Microsoft Connect

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

For SSIS developers, the need for proper documentation is crucial.  However, the built-in object for documentation, the annotation, is difficult...

2009-08-15

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Getting Into The Biz, Part 2

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

In a previous blog post, I began writing about how one might start a career as a database professional, and...

2009-08-13

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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge – Session Evaluations

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

I received my evaluation summary from the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge earlier this month.  This was the first...

2009-08-12

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