Dear IT Guy, Why do you hesitate to attend my meetings?
I was attending Microsoft’s on-boarding training last week and one of the managers there mentioned that a lot of IT...
2014-08-28
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Blog Posts
I Didn’t Hyperventilate!
I gave what is officially my second presentation this week. I presented at the Triad SQL BI (Twitter | PASS) user...
2014-08-28
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My SQLBits Session Recordings
Last month, I had the pleasure of presenting two of my favorite sessions at the SQLBits conference in Telford, UK.
A few days...
2014-08-28
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Parameterization Part 2: Seven Ways to Execute Your Query
This is the second post in my series on parameterization. In the first post I wrote about plan caching and...
2014-08-28 (first published: 2014-08-25)
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What I Wish I Had Known Sooner…as a DBA
Yesterday I took a minute and to review some posts by some Data Professionals and in doing so I came...
2014-08-28
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Presenting At OPASS August 2014 Meeting On 8/28
Thursday night (8/28) I'll be presenting Inspector Insert And The Case Of The Mistaken IDENTITY for the Orlando SQL User...
2014-08-27
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SSIS GoogleAnalyticsSource 1.7
A couple of days ago, Tillmann has released a new version of his amazing SSIS data source for Google Analytics...
2014-08-27
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Stupid me #4 – The login is from an untrusted domain
After quite a while it has finally returned: another Stupid Me™®©! A reminder:
Every time I do something “stupid”, which happens...
2014-08-27 (first published: 2014-08-21)
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 39 (“Memory in Action”)
Continuation from the previous 38 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
In this post I shall try to discover more interesting information about...
2014-08-26
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Cumulative Update – 3 for SQL Server 2014 RTM Is Now Available !
The 3rdcumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 RTM is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative...
2014-08-26
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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A Fun Computer Quote
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