My First PASS Experiences
Getting to Seattle
I started my travels to the PASS Summit at about 9:30 am (EST) on Sunday and arrived at...
2009-11-03
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Jack Corbett
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Follow Up to Maintaining Security and Performance Using Stored Procedures Part I – Using Execute As
This is a follow up to Maintaining Security and Performance using Stored Procedures Part I – Using EXECUTE AS because of...
2009-11-02
473 reads
Where Will We PASS Each Other?
In my a post on Monday, I talked about who I want to meet while at the PASS Summit. Today...
2009-10-30
1,205 reads
What Should PASS Strive To Be?
Steve Jones had a good editorial earlier this week entitled, What Do We Want from PASS?. It didn’t generate as...
2009-10-29
931 reads
Where Will We PASS Each Other?
In my a post on Monday, I talked about who I want to meet while at the PASS Summit. Today...
2009-10-27
870 reads
Book Review: Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting by Ray Harris
In early September I received a complimentary copy of Murach’s JavaScript and DOM Scripting by Ray Harris (Amazon) to review. ...
2009-10-26
512 reads
People I Can’t PASS on Meeting
One week from today I will be in Seattle for my first ever PASS Summit. One of the things I...
2009-10-26
602 reads
SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando What We Can Do Better
Well, the event is over and the Event Evaluations have been tabulated. I’ve already posted my week leading up to...
2009-10-22
361 reads
SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando Recap
In my previous post I discussed the week that led up to the SQLSaturday event. In this post I’ll tell...
2009-10-21
683 reads
A Week of SQL Server
As anyone who reads this blog knows, SQLSaturday #21 – Orlando was last Saturday (Oct. 17, 2009) and as a lead...
2009-10-20
404 reads
Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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