Free SQL Server Training for the week of January 24, 2011
We're finally getting a handle on things with the new baby. 🙂 As a result, I've started this weekly accumulation of...
2011-01-21
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Blog Posts
PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 6
Yesterday we went over some loop constructs to get information out of SQL Server. While getting the information out is great, as Data Professionals our very next concern is...
2011-01-21
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 6
Yesterday we went over some loop constructs to get information out of SQL Server. While getting the information out is...
2011-01-21
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Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans
Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...
2011-01-21
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs on February 12
I recently found out that I will be one of the speakers at SQLSaturday #66 on February 12 in Colorado...
2011-01-21
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SQL Saturday Tampa Follow Up
This past weekend, I had a talk on SQL Server Reporting Services down in Tampa Florida for SQL Saturday 62....
2011-01-21
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31 Days of SSIS – DTSConfig Configuration (19/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last two posts in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables...
2011-01-20
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31 Days of SSIS – No More Procedures (20/31)
Time to shift off of configurations and environments and talk more about SSIS packages and best practices. If you haven’t...
2011-01-20
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January 2011 Meeting Recap
One week ago today the Las Vegas User group held our monthly meeting. One week ago today, at that meeting, we had our best attendance in over a year....
2011-01-20
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January 2011 Meeting Recap
One week ago today the Las Vegas User group held our monthly meeting. One week ago today, at that meeting,...
2011-01-20
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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