Afterthoughts: SharePoint Saturday Tampa 2011
This past Saturday June 11th, 2011 I had the opportunity to co-present at SharePoint Saturday Tampa thanks to a special invitation...
2011-06-13
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Blog Posts
Database Documentation with a Data Dictionary Part 2
A continuation of the data dictionary discussion with information about how the documentation is done.
Today I’m going to continue discussing...
2011-06-13
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Moving On To New Challenges
After nearly five and half years, I left NewsGator Technologies for a new position as a Database Architect at Avalara,...
2011-06-13
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Non use of persisted data
Working at a client site, that in itself is good to say, I ran into a set of circumstances that...
2011-06-13
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PASS Update #56-SQLRally 2012 Site Selection
Note: This is a good, bad, and ugly post. We took some chances, got some things right, got more than...
2011-06-13
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Speaking at SALSSA June 15th 2011:Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server
I am very exicted to be speaking at the San Antonio PASS chapter SALSSA! It’s been way to long and...
2011-06-13
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SQL Server Instant File Initialization (PQW)
Bluntly put, this is something that you always want to be taking advantage of.
As a Database Administrator I’m always on...
2011-06-13
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SSAS - Understanding KeyColumns Dimension Property
For many Analysis Services developers building dimensions with many attributes and hierarchies is something that comes as second nature to...
2011-06-13
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SSAS Maestro - Day 1 - Redux
Well it’s been an exciting couple of weeks leading up to this course. We have tweaked what we could in...
2011-06-13
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SSIS Fuzzy Lookup Error
A Fuzzy Lookup Task in SSIS that I was working on was bombing out, and I had a heck of...
2011-06-13
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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