Andy Leonard is CSO of Linchpin People and SQLPeople, an SSIS Trainer, Consultant, and developer; SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns. His background includes web application architecture and development, VB, and ASP. Andy loves the SQL Server Community!

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• I Am Here To Help™

  Introduction This isn’t a trick. It’s not a gimmick. It’s not bait-and-switch. It is selfish; please allow me to explain: I Am Here To Help™ This has been my motto for the past few years. How can I serve you today? Are you thinking about starting a User Read More... Posted Friday, August 19, 2011 10:30 AM by andyleonard | 4 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, ETL, Mentoring, SQL Server, SSIS, Support

• SQL Server 2005 SP4

  Steve Jones ( Blog - @way0utwest ) shares he found a post confirming Microsoft's intention to deliver a Service Pack 4 for SQL Server 2005 ! Cool. Thanks for responding to the community, Microsoft. When SQL Server 2005 was released, the community told Read More... Posted Monday, February 15, 2010 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support

• Applying SQL Server Service Packs and HotFixes

  Some notes about the SQL Server Service Pack Installation Engine. I like it - a lot. The new engine goes to great lengths to prevent my having to bounce a physical server to apply a service pack. No matter how you slice it, it takes less time to stop Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 10:24 AM by andyleonard | 3 Comments Filed under: Service Packs, SQL Server, Support

• SQL Server Management Studio Standard Reports

  Buck Woody has a great series going on SQL Server ManagementStudio Standard Reports . The SQL Server team did a great job developing these insightful and intuitive reports. I often show them to customers and during presentations and the response is always Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:01 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft, Reporting Services, SQL Server, Support, utilities

• SQL Nexus, SQLDiag, Retrace Information

  Ken Henderson blogs about some cool new utilities / tools for SQL Server: SQL Nexus , SQLDiag , and Retrace ! :{> Andy Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:35 PM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support

• What's That Ticking Sound?

  Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 mainstream support ends 8 April 2008 and - as of the datetime of this post - they are sticking with that date . That's 4 months and 3 days from today. There are still a lot of SQL Server 2000 instances out there... :{> Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:22 PM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support