PASS Update #36
We had our monthly Board of Directors call on July 8th and as is fairly common, the call went smooth....
2010-07-09
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Blog Posts
Speaking at 2010 PASS Summit in Seattle
I just found out yesterday that I had one of my General sessions approved for the 2010 PASS Summit in...
2010-07-09
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SQL Server Agent – Proxy error
I was setting up some SQL Server agent jobs in a test environment. I needed one of our testers to...
2010-07-09
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SQLSaturday #49 Pre-Con Announced
We’re pleased to announce that Louis Davidson will be our pre-con speaker this year at SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando. Louis...
2010-07-09
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The PASS Session Selection Process, My Experience Part 2
In part one I talked about the abstracts. While important, abstracts are only one part of a complicated selection dance....
2010-07-09
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This week’s SQL Lunch was great !
Hey there SQL Lunchers. Your co-host Adam Jorgensen here. I wanted to let you know, for those of you whose...
2010-07-09
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Windows 7 Run As
One of the things that got us to switch OSes from W2K to WinXP when I was an administrator at...
2010-07-09
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Wolfram Alpha 5 Minute Screencast
Hey folks. I have yet to explore the world of Wolfram Alpha and still don’t claim to be an expert...
2010-07-09
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Come See Me at the SQL PASS Summit
Come See Me at the SQL PASS Summit
Notifications went out today for the SQL PASS Summit (Nov. 8 - 11, 2010)...
2010-07-08
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Comparing the Performance of Different String Data Types in SQL Server 2008 R2
I thought I would try to do a few quick tests to compare the performance of assigning values and comparing...
2010-07-08
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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