Scary DBA Takes Over the World
Or, at least gets translated into Russian.
I realize I’m effectively a 10 year old, but, come on, HOW COOL IS...
2010-10-15
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #49 tomorrow!
This is just a quick note to let you know SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando is tomorrow! If you’re in the...
2010-10-15
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SQLSaturday#59 Speaker Interview Series #4 – with Janakiraman Sattainathan
SQLSaturday #59 Speaker Interview Series #4 – with Janakiraman Sattainathan
So far, we went Way out West, NYC local, we were waiting...
2010-10-15
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Using Symlinks in PowerShell Scripts
Symlinks are heavily used in Linux/Unix environments to provide an abstraction for file and directory locations and with the introduction...
2010-10-15
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4-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown – Lunch
There are now 4 weeks until the PASS Summit and a few times now I’ve discussed ( 1, 2, 3 ) some...
2010-10-14
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Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) - A Handy Tool for DBAs
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a very common tool over on the Active Directory side. As the name...
2010-10-14
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Andy Warren’s Word Counter
I typically don’t blog about other people blogs, because quite frankly I don’t like giving summations of the work someone...
2010-10-14
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Ground Zero Database Design
All the SQL world should take database modeling classes, and thrive in the light of well-designed data structures. Back in...
2010-10-14
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List Indexes For Database using TSQL
A while ago, I showed you how to find out what indexes were on a table using the GUI. Today,...
2010-10-14
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #49 Orlando, Florida
After making the trip last weekend to Houston for Houston Techfest with the kids I am off again, but this...
2010-10-14
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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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