Recent Event Recap
These last few weeks have been quite a blur of projects, travel, and end-user training, and I’m enjoying every bit...
2014-05-08
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Blog Posts
Speaking at MagicPASS on May 28, 2014
If you’re wondering who the mystery speaker is – it’s me! I’ll be doing two presentations at Magic Pass on May...
2014-05-08
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SQL Server is not a toy
I began my career working with Sybase on UNIX. Everything was done via the shell. There were strong practices in...
2014-05-08
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SQLSaturday in Houston
This upcoming Saturday I will be presenting two sessions at SQLSaturday in Houston (more info). I hope to see you...
2014-05-08
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The Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014 – Going Forward and Backward
I saw a talk from Joe Sack (b | t) on the cardinality estimator (CE) in SQL Server 2014 and found...
2014-05-08 (first published: 2014-04-30)
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The Importance of Networking
In a survey conducted by Business Network SW, the organization found that 87% of businesses partake in some form of...
2014-05-08
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Another User Has Locked My File!
I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened...
2014-05-07
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Help - I Need a List of my Maintenance Plan Jobs *and* Schedules!
UPDATE - Jason Brimhall (blog/@sqlrnnr) pointed out after reading this post that there is a more inline way to do a...
2014-05-07
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Logistics For All Day Meetings
Quick thoughts about the work required to make all day meetings run smoothly:
Suitable space with enough seating (and reasonable chairs!)Turn...
2014-05-07 (first published: 2014-05-01)
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Omaha BI/SQL User Group – What?
I recently received an email from this guy named John Morehouse (blog | twitter) about the Omaha SQL/BI User Group Meeting in May. Imagine my surprise when reading the email...
2014-05-07
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Blogs
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
My Social Media Rules
By Brian Kelley
I developed these rules a while back, before COVID. I had a period of...
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