SQLSaturday 200 is already looking further away in the rear view mirror, but it was a great event!

Joey D'Antoni, Sebastian Meine, Vince Napoli and their team deserve round of applause for a job well done!  They run the Philadelphia SQL Server User Group - PSSUG.

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With less than two weeks to go until SQLSaturday#200 at 45 Liberty Blvd., Suite 210 Malvern, PA 19355, Malvern, PA, 19355 they're still trying to get the news out to as many people as possible. (June 1, 2013) So, please let all your friends and colleagues that might be interested… Read more

This month’s rendition of T-SQL Tuesday - #42, is hosted by  SQL MVP, Wendy Pastrick (blog|twitter) ,  who maintains her blog about Life, The Universe and SQLServer.  The WendyVerse blog is a collection of her musings on “anything that comes to mind today”… Read more

{Start Circus bumper music here}  LADIES and GENTLEMEN; SQL SERVER PROFESSIONALS of ALL AGES, Come one, come all!  Get ready for a sizzling, stupendous, spectacular, super SQLSaturday special event!  You waited, you asked, you pleaded, when will New York host another SQLSaturday again! We wait no more,… Read more

As I was exploring the twitter verse, I came across a post with the invitation to this week’s TSQL Tuesday #41, and immediately thought what a great topic, which is “Presenting and Loving it!”  I totally thought about some of my first presentations and how I’ve come a…

Ever wanted to know all there is to know about SQL Server, and afraid to ask?  Have questions about how it will scale, how it applies to your own infrastructure project?  Want to find out the future direction of the SQL Server product?  Who better to answer… Read more

Pragmatically speaking, there’s no way you can learn all there is to know about Microsoft’s native ETL tool, SQL Server Integration Services – more affectionately known as SSIS – in only two days.  However, if you’re looking for a 2-day excursion and deep-dive into the tool that no real…

Well, they're baack in the City! Coming this Thursday April 4, 2013 to the Big Apple, hosted by the NYC Metro SQL Server User Group -  a spectacular special sql treat that is sure to be a real tripp. (No, I did not misspell tripP :)  In fact,…

So much SQL, and so little Saturdays.   SQLSaturday is truly a world-class event happening all over the globe.  Just this past Saturday, February 02, 2013, SQLSaturday landed South of the Border (relative to the US) in Mexico.   Other upcoming world-wide venues include Vancouver BC, Auckland, NZ, Philippines,… Read more

I often get hung up in the whirlwind of life, and one of the things that seems to slip my schedule, is remembering when the TSQL Tuesday comes about.  This time I was fortunate enough to be chatting a New Year’s chat with my buddy Jason Brimhall (blog

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Season's Greetings and Merry Christmas! In the spirit of the holiday, I am rerunning my original parody on "Twas the Night Before Christmas".  This sql soliliquy is called "Twas the Week After Christmas", and you can click on the highlighted link for the original publication, but below is… Read more

This Saturday, major event that will shake the halls of power gets under way for an all-day non-stop super event.  Bringing real change to Washington, hundreds of professionals will be converging on the Capital for a day to influence the future careers of so many brethren.  No, this…

Thursday, November 29, 2012, brings us the November meeting of the NY SQL Server User Group, with BI expert, SQL MVP and Author William E. Pearson III, aka, Bill Pearson.  Bill has quite an impressive collection of writings on the topic of BI, Data Warehousing, Analysis Services, MDX,… Read more

Today is Tuesday, and its time for another edition of TSQL Tuesday #36, as we continue the eternal blog party started a quantum ago by SQL MVP Adam Machanic (Blog | Twitter).  Every first Tuesday of every month we have a different subject to blog about, and a… Read more

SQLPass Summit 2012, the world's largest and most intensive technical training conference for Microsoft SQL Server and BI professionals is in full swing.  This is the ultimate conference that is planned and presented by the SQL Server community for the SQL Server community. In that light, I want… Read more

Reporting from NY, East Coast, USA:  In the wake of hurricane Sandy, or as re-classified, post-tropical cyclone Sandy (whatever that is), we slowly begin to recover from the devastated regions.  My thoughts and well-wishes go out to all those in my local area and other areas affected by…

Everyone at some time or another thinks about finding or landing their dream job.  It could be in the form of working for a great dynamic company with growth and opportunity (and benefits), or getting a high-paying salary to subsidize the life you envision, or others strike out on their… Read more

Recently, I wrote about and introduced us to, SQLBif, a caricature of a SQL DBA who was down on his luck, who was in between jobs and somewhat stuck on the next level of his career.  SQLBif was based on a real person, a colleague of mine in the… Read more

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 Well, we're just a few weeks away from the return of SQLSaturday to NYC as SQLSaturday#158, and it is sure to be a BIG one in the BIG Apple!  I recently unveiled the awesome super schedule of sessions and speakers (top shelf premium liquor here), as well as our… Read more