Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is TODAY.  Obviously, this was written before today and I’m hoping to catch a few people that might have forgotten. 

If so, jump in your car and head over.  The spot you registered for is still waiting for you.  Hope you can join us… Read more

As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we are looking for nominations for the 2011 PASSMN Board of Directors.  PASSMN is the Minnesota Chapter for the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) – otherwise know as a SQL Server User Group.

The call for nominations will officially end on Saturday,… Read more

It’s getting down to brass tacks.  There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit.  There’ve been a few posts over the last few weeks on the upcoming summit (1 , 2 , 3 , 4, 5) aimed at trying to rally those without plans… Read more

Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is this Friday.  Remember, we’re DIFFERENT and out event is on a Friday instead of a Saturday.

The volunteers have been busting butts to get ready for the event and things all seem to be coming together.  There should be some great fun this… Read more

Let’s Anaylze An Index!

Alright, up to the last of the changes I’ve made to the index analysis query that I had planned.  This makes the fifth post in the series on this query. 

The previous posts in this complete series are:

1. Analyze Your Indexes Part 1 – Combine existing…

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Only 3 more weeks until the PASS Summit and it’s time for another countdown post. I’ve done a few of these now ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) to hopefully prepare readers for the opportunities at PASS. Trying make sure that you will know as much as… Read more

Wow!  Minnesota’s SQL Saturday event is next week already.  We still have a lot to do to be ready.  Some things, like the speaker and volunteer shirts, are coming along as smooth as we’d hoped.  But I have faith we’ll be ready to go Friday morning.

If You Are Registered

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Let’s Anaylze An Index!

We’ve got through the first three parts of this continued series on the Index Analysis query last week.  The previous posts in this complete series are:

1. Analyze Your Indexes Part 1 – Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output
2. Analyze Your Indexes…

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Conference Time!

The SSWUG Fall 2010 Virtual Conference is starting today.  It’ll go on from today through Friday – if might be getting late but you can still attend the conference.  It doesn’t matter if you are in the comforts of your living room, office, or couch.  You can still… Read more

Conference Time!

The SSWUG Fall 2010 Virtual Conference is coming up this week.  On October 20-22, you can attend a conference from the comforts of your living room, office, or couch.  And while you are at it you’ll get to sit in on some incredible presentations, interaction with speakers, and… Read more

There are now 4 weeks until the PASS Summit and a few times now I’ve discussed ( 1, 2, 3 ) some of my thoughts as it approaches.  The goal here is to make sure that you will know as much as possible about the summit to get… Read more

Missing Numbers

Today a developer came up to me and wanted help solving a problem he was running into with a list of numbers.  He had a list of 53 numbers in a comma separated list.

Unfortunately, the 53 numbers were not all in the table that he was querying.… Read more

Let’s Anaylze An Index!

Time for part three of my continued Index Analysis query.  The previous posts in this series are:

1. Analyze Your Indexes Part 1 – Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output
2. Analyze Your Indexes Part 2 – Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes…

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Project Phoenix

Sometime people need a hand up – an opportunity to rise from the ashes.  Over the last couple of years the economy and unemployment has taken its toll on many of those in the community.  Along with that the charities that have often risen to help those in… Read more

We technically released it on Monday but I didn’t want to blog about it for a couple days since we were waiting for a few speaker to confirm on their sessions.  But now that I’ve heard from nearly everyone it’s time to spread the word.

After looking at the speakers… Read more

Let’s Anaylze An Index!

Time for part two of my continued Index Analysis query.  The previous posts in this series are:

1. Analyze Your Indexes Part 1 – Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output
2. Analyze Your Indexes Part 2 – Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes

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With 5-weeks until the PASS Summit it’s time to start getting ready for the event.  As I’ve discussed a couple times before (1, 2) the upcoming PASS Summit.  Over the next few weeks I plan to write about some of the things to make sure you do… Read more

It’s that time of the year again.  Time to get in some nominations for the 2011 PASSMN Board of Directors.  PASSMN is the Minnesota PASS Chapter or SQL Server User Group.

The open call will go from October 1 through October 30.  This gives you plenty of time to think… Read more

Conference Time!

The SSWUG Fall 2010 Virtual Conference is coming up.  On October 20-22, you can attend a conference from the comforts of your living room, office, or couch.  And while you are at it you’ll get to sit in on some incredible presentations, interaction with speakers, and chat with… Read more

Let’s Anaylze An Index!

Time for part two of my continued Index Analysis query.  The previous posts in this series are:

1. Analyze Your Indexes Part 1 – Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output
2. Analyze Your Indexes Part 2 – Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes

Read more