Introduction I'm honored to deliver two presentations to the Regina Technology Community 26 Apr 2011! Part I - Database Design for DevelopersThis interactive session is for software developers tasked with database development. Attend and learn about patterns and anti-patterns of database development, one method for building re-executable ...

The next public delivery of my SSIS training course From Zero To SSIS! is scheduled for 6-10 Jun 2011 in Farmville Virginia! :{>

Introduction It's always an honor to present anywhere. Presenting at the PASS Summit is a special honor. I delivered three presentations last month: Database Design for Developers SSIS Design Patterns, Part 2 A Lightning Talk on SSIS Database Design for Developers First, a bit of explanation (defense): I submitted this abstract ...

My friends at SQLServerCentral.com have republished the fifth article in my TDD series: An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 5! :{>

SQL Server Central has graciously republished my article An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 4 today! I also wrote the SSC Question of the Day about an interesting quirk when executing encrypted and non-encrypted SSIS packages. :{>

Christy and I are enjoying our last full day in Seattle today. We miss the kids terribly and look forward to the last party or two this evening, followed by the long redeye home.   Today, SQLServerCentral republished another article in my Test-Driven Database Development series: An Example of Test-Driven Database ...

Today, SQLServerCentral republished another article in my Test-Driven Database Development series: An Example of Test-Driven Database Development, Part 2. (Thanks SSC!)   :{>

Today, SQLServerCentral republished the first article in my Test-Driven Database Development series: An Example of Test-Driven Database Development. (Thanks SSC!)

Introduction I got to attend SQL Saturday #48 2 Oct 2010 and was honored to present. ''I'm Andy, and I'm a session-hopper.'' There. I said it. When I'm not presenting, I often wander between sessions. I want to learn a little something from everyone. Here are some sessions I wandered through and some notes from them: Alejandro Mesa - ...

In the third part of our series on building a scalable, enterprise-class data warehouse for SQL Server, expressor's (blog | @expressor) Mike Ruland (@mruland) and I present Why Consider Semantic Integration Thursday 29 Sep 2010 at 12:00 PM EDT. Semantic rationalization is a natural progression from metadata management; ...