Taking Advantage of SQL Server Tools
Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
An important question I think you should be asking yourself, when it comes to...
2010-03-09
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday – I/O Fallacies
It’s time for the March T-SQL Tuesday and this month Mike Walsh picked the topic. It’s I/O and you can...
2010-03-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
T-SQL Tuesday #004: IO -- Where Are My TempDB Objects?
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #004, hosted this month...
2010-03-09
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TSQL Tuesday #4: IO
“IO IO, It’s off to disk we go!” was in Mike Walsh’s blog post that introduced this TSQL Tuesday and...
2010-03-09
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Using a CTE with a T-SQL Pivot Statement
During a T-SQL class that I was recently teaching I was asked if a PIVOT could be performed using a...
2010-03-09
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A Swing and a Miss by PASS
On Saturday my son had his second baseball game. When it was his turn to hit I reminded him to...
2010-03-08
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It’s Like the MVP Summit
I missed the 2010 MVP Summit, which is disappointing. There were a lot of SQL 11 talks and I was...
2010-03-08
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MacGyver?
Who the heck is MacGyver? Television program you say? Hang on. I need to visit imdb.com…
Oh, the late eighties… Yeah,...
2010-03-08
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Notes from SQLSaturday #33
I did the relatively quick flight to Charlotte on Friday afternoon, arriving just before 2 pm, grabbed lunch to go...
2010-03-08
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OPASS March Meeting with David Pless
March 9 6-8:30pm
This month's meeting sponsored by
Live Meeting: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=QFG3GW&role=attend
Speaker: David Pless
David has been a Senior Premier Field Engineer with...
2010-03-08
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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A Fun Computer Quote
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