As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are:

• The Power of N (4/22/2010) – Viewing data in other character sets.
• What is the size of your index?

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As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are:

• Analyze This – Your Indexes Analysis – Part 1 (4/19/2009) – Query that combines existing index statistics and missing…

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I’ve been counting down the days until I get the score from my second attempt at the SQL Server MCM written exam.  When I last took it, I knew there were some areas that I didn’t know the answers.  But for the vast majority of the exam I felt… Read more

I mentioned the April PASSMN meeting the other day… well now that meeting is tomorrow.  Take a chance to invest some time into your career and give a listen to a meeting focusing on professional development.

You can join in person at 8300 Norman Center Drive, 9th Floor,… Read more

As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Some posts of interest that you may want to check out are:

• Wait Stat Report (4/13/2010) – Report that can be used to do your own wait stat analysis.
• FileSystemHelper SQL…

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Over the last couple months, I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with some of my old posts.  Ones that I thought were pretty decent that have been lost to the time.  Some of them have pretty decent content, in my opinion, and don’t deserve to live solely… Read more

It’s that time of the month again… again.  Time for T-SQL Tuesday!  This month’s event is being hosted by Matt Velic (Blog | @mvelic).  The topic that he chose for this month is the APPLY operator.

This is a great topic.   I like it because, often, when I… Read more

Every career, whether on purpose or accident, is a journey from one job or project to another.  To achieve great success, you need to steer your career along a path that fits who you are an where you want to go.  The trouble in all of this is understanding the… Read more

I’m going to SQL Rally!  Are you going to SQL Rally?  Have you heard of SQL Rally?

What’s SQL Rally?

I’m glad you asked.  SQL Rally is a new two day PASS conference.  It’s a great cross between the PASS Summit and a SQL Saturday.  For a couple… Read more

Use extended events; they work – and make you appear magical.

– “Write a SQL blog post in 11 words or less” via Thomas Larock (Blog | @SQLRockStar)

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