How Do You Query Maintenance Plan Package Metadata?
Hello Dear Reader! Since I’ve joined Pragmatic Works I’ve learned a lot, seen a lot, and assisted in interviewing a...
2013-01-23 (first published: 2013-01-21)
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Blog Posts
IsMSShipped
I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t...
2013-01-23
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New Year Aspirations – Gavin Payne – MCA
Thanks for agreeing to do this Gavin. It’s great to be able to interview an MCA as there are so...
2013-01-23
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PASS Business Analytics Conference Presentation
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago...
2013-01-23
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Saving Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database
In my previous post showing how to get to execution plans in the Database Management Portal, I showed that it’s...
2013-01-23
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SQL Server certification path
At the House of BrickSolutions Architect blog, I have a new post up on the path to full SQL Server...
2013-01-23
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Guest blog post and whitepaper at VMware on Shadow IT
Yesterday I was featured as a guest on the VMware.com vFabric blog to introduce a whitepaper that I authored on...
2013-01-22
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How To Win Career Gold
The start of a new working year is often a time for self reflection. This is a great thing, it’s...
2013-01-22
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New Year Aspirations – boB Taylor – MCM
Thanks for agreeing to do this boB. It’s great to be able to interview the Microsoft program manager for the...
2013-01-22
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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices Chapter 18 Review Tuning for Peak Load
I'm on a Book!
Hello Dear Reader, early last year I was asked if I would like to contribute to a...
2013-01-22
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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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what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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