Parsing SQL Saturday Data – Getting the Titles

I wrote about downloading the SQL Saturday data with Powershell, and that has worked well. However, I also need to...

I May Not Shake Your Hands

I’m traveling next week to the SQL Konferenz in Germany, and then on to Red Gate in the UK.
However,...

Changing File Associations in Windows 8

A quick post, and a good reminder of something that can be a pain. I had to do a quick...

You Better Learn to Work at Scale

We are managing more and more systems and databases all the time. To Steve Jones, that means we must be able to work at scale.

SOME rows

Out of Space

I’ve used placeholders to ensure I don’t run out of space on my machines. That’s worked well, and usually I...

EXCEPT

Time for Learning

How do you find time for learning? More importantly, Steve Jones asks if you find time for actual use of your knowledge.

The PIVOT

Downloading SQL Saturday data

I wanted to find out how many SQL Saturday’s I’d spoken at and how I ranked with others. I got...