Beer, Cheese and SQL Saturday 118 Madison
This past weekend I (w|t) headed up to Madison, WI to attend and present at SQL Saturday 118. The MADPASS...
2012-04-26
988 reads
SQL Saturday 98, Iowa City
Calling all SQL peeps in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Omaha,…!
It’s time for another SQL Saturday at the beautiful University...
2011-09-28
719 reads
SQL Saturday 98, Iowa City
Calling all SQL peeps in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Omaha,…! It’s time for another SQL Saturday at the beautiful University of Iowa campus. The speaker lineup looks great....
2011-09-28
16 reads
PowerShell, the New SQL Hammer
This is my PowerShell presentation that I have given to both Chicago SQL Server User Groups. The name of the...
2011-04-17
964 reads
PowerShell, the New SQL Hammer
This is my PowerShell presentation that I have given to both Chicago SQL Server User Groups. The name of the presentation is having some fun with the old quote,...
2011-04-17
21 reads
SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con Double Down
Yes, this looks familiar. Didn’t I write this last week? Well it’s new and the same. We have another pre-con...
2011-03-09
964 reads
SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con Double Down
Yes, this looks familiar. Didn’t I write this last week? Well it’s new and the same. We have another pre-con available on the Friday, 3/25, before SQL Saturday 67....
2011-03-09
13 reads
SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con
We have big news for SQL Saturday #67 Chicago. There is going be a pre-con on Friday 3/25 at the...
2011-02-22
940 reads
SQL Saturday 67 Chicago Pre-con
We have big news for SQL Saturday #67 Chicago. There is going be a pre-con on Friday 3/25 at the Hampton Inn right around the corner from the SQL...
2011-02-22
24 reads
Getting Drive Info, Part 5, the SSIS WMI Data Reader Task
In the final installment of the Getting Drive Info series (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), SSIS will...
2010-12-04
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