Denver SQL Server UG September meeting
For the past 1 1/2 years now we’ve been hosting two presentations each meeting. The first presentation is typically a...
2010-09-16
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Blog Posts
Do You Have Influence? Part 1
Most people blog because it’s fun, rewarding, good way to improve writing skills, be cool, and it looks good on...
2010-09-16
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Going to SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh, NC
So, after a rather hectic few months, I’m finally crawling back out of the hole I’ve been occupying and getting...
2010-09-16
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Hardware 201:Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP Performance
I did a presentation for the fourth hour of 24 Hours of PASS – Fall 2010 today, which was a lot...
2010-09-16
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Index Black Ops Part 2 – Page IO Latch, Page Latch
As I mentioned in my TSQL2sDay index summary post, the I am writing a few posts on the information that...
2010-09-16
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Let PASS help you get a job!
With so many folks out there struggling and loking for new opportunities you may want to take some time away...
2010-09-16
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Notes from the Sep 13, 2010 oPASS Meeting
Jack led the meeting tonight, spending a good amount of time on SQLSaturday, and Kendal Van Dyke did his marketing...
2010-09-16
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Ready Set Go
I thought I would pass along something I learned this week about batches in TSQL. I always knew about the...
2010-09-16
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Rights for one table
I ran across a thread that was asking how to grant rights to a person for one table only, and...
2010-09-16
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See You at SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh
EDIT: Updated to include a picture of me.
I'm headed up this weekend to speak at SQL Saturday #46 - Raleigh. This...
2010-09-16
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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Backing Up a DMK
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