Introducing MagicPASS - Orlando's New PASS Chapter
After a year of planning I'm proud to announce that South Orlando has a new PASS chapter: MagicPASS! Our first...
2011-01-13
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Blog Posts
January ’11 Meeting Reminder
If you saw my blog post the other day, you know that S3OLV has a meeting this Thursday (Jan 13,...
2011-01-13
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January ’11 Meeting Reminder
If you saw my blog post the other day, you know that S3OLV has a meeting this Thursday (Jan 13, 2010) at 6:30 PM PST. If not, then you...
2011-01-13
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Silly Billiseconds
You have to admire Microsoft for sticking to their guns, even when being palpably stupid. I refer, of course to...
2011-01-13
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SQL People Events - TED for SQL Server
When I first saw Andy Leonard's post about a new SQL People event, I was intrigued. It's not a training...
2011-01-13
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SQL University: Spring 2011
The new SQL University Logo
Welcome back students! We’re very excited to start up a new semester and SQLU is back and...
2011-01-13
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31 Days of SSIS – UnPivot Alternative (12/31)
31 Days of SSIS
This is the twelfth post in the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. This post is going...
2011-01-12
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How to Obtain and Install SQL Server Service Packs and Cumulative Updates
If you are in charge of one or more SQL Server instances, whether they are on a laptop, or a...
2011-01-12
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Technical Goals for 2011
I know I missed out on the massive meme yesterday (T-SQL Tuesday #14), but I blame dealing with the weather...
2011-01-12
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What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups,depatures, old controversies and new beginnings
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups and departures.
It's only two weeks into the New Year 2011, but there's...
2011-01-12
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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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Backing Up a DMK
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