SQLSaturday National Blog Sponsors
With SQLSaturday #49 we tried something I call micro-sponsors, charging $5 for a blogger to sponsor the event. It’s a...
2010-10-26
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Blog Posts
The SQL Rally Pre Conference Seminars
There’s a change in how pre-conference seminars are being picked for the SQL Rally event next year in Orlando, FL....
2010-10-26
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Why CONTROL SERVER Doesn't Cut It
With the new securables since SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has advised that we start moving away from the fixed server...
2010-10-26
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You know you want it! - SQLRally Precon Voting
For those of you who have seen our team present, we always do our best to make it really informative,...
2010-10-26
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Another Must See Session
I can’t believe I missed this one in all the posts and recommendations I’ve been making about great sessions coming...
2010-10-25
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Bloggers, Quit Worrying About Spam
I don’t comment as often as I should on blog posts. I say should because as a blogger I know...
2010-10-25
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems, Solid State Storage Basics
Solid state storage is the new kid on the block. We see new press releases every day about just how...
2010-10-25
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My SQLSat54 Experience
In case you hadn’t heard SQLSaturday #54 was Oct 23 in Salt Lake City. It was a dreary opening to...
2010-10-25
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PragmaticWorks Webinar – Policy-Based Management
This is just a quick note to remind everyone I’ll be presenting tomorrow, Tuesday October 26th 2010 for the PragmaticWorks...
2010-10-25
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Return of Index Analysis Part 5
Let’s Anaylze An Index!Alright, up to the last of the changes I’ve made to the index analysis query that I...
2010-10-25
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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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