Simons SQL Blog

Do you think you are a sh*t hot SQL Server Contractor

simonsabin — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:10:00 GMT

Then contact me we need your services for project. Use the contact form on this blog or contact me through linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=2895653...(read more)

Want a new job - make sure you are on Linkedin

simonsabin — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:14:58 GMT

When you go shopping for a new gadget do you just go to your nearest electronics store (currys, best buy, etc) and read the marketing ticket next to the product? No you probably don’t. You more than likely ask your friends if they’ve got one and what...(read more)

It all started with some lego, some beer and a water slide

simonsabin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:19:30 GMT

When I started looking at SQL conferences I had heard about this conference held in Denmark in the middle of nowhere with everyone staying in huts and was always interested as to how it worked, confining all the delegates in one place with no opportunity...(read more)

Help to Improve SQL Batch Operations and ETL

simonsabin — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:15:16 GMT

How many times have you copied data into a table and got one of the following less than helpful errors. String or binary data would be truncated. Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric. Arithmetic overflow...(read more)

Interested in going to the cloud then this might be useful

simonsabin — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:43:19 GMT

Bob Duffy is doing an afternoon seminar on Azure. It will provide an introduction to the Azure platform, and in particular SQL Azure, show tools and methodologies to migrate on premise databases into the cloud, using a sample application and database...(read more)

30 days and its ginger–help me get to £400

simonsabin — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:39:41 GMT

Its taken 30 days and I have managed, to my surprise, to grow a ginger Mo in support of Movember. http://uk.movember.com/mospace/6154809 I didn’t quite reach my supposed lookaliki but I don’t think it was a bad effort. Next time I’ll leave my hair for...(read more)

Don’t forget

simonsabin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:41:15 GMT

If you are in Dublin then we have a meeting on tonight at the Microsoft office. The subject of the talk is “Almost all queries have to do two things, get data and join it together. In this session we will look at the aspects of these that most people...(read more)

Presenting at Usergroup meeting in Dublin

simonsabin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:49:18 GMT

I'll be over in Dublin doing a usergroup meeting on Thursday evening at the Microsoft office. The subject of the talk is “Almost all queries have to do two things, get data and join it together. In this session we will look at the aspects of these...(read more)

Fancy a laugh

simonsabin — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:59:07 GMT

I’m growing my first ever moustache for Movemb http://uk.movember.com/ You can see my mo space and pictures of the thing growing on my lip here http://uk.movember.com/mospace/6154809 If you would like to support me then please do make a donation and make...(read more)

We’re looking got SQL People

simonsabin — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:58:07 GMT

We are growing our data team at Wonga. If you are working in the SQL Server space and would like to join the one the fastest growing tech companies in Europe then please get in touch ( http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/contact.aspx ) We have positions...(read more)