People I Can’t PASS on Meeting
One week from today I will be in Seattle for my first ever PASS Summit. One of the things I...
2009-10-26
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Blog Posts
Special Events at PASS Summit
Besides giving two Community Session presentations (here and here), next week, I will be involved in the Birds of a...
2009-10-26
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SQL Saturday #21 (Orlando) Presentation Downloads
Here are the slide decks and code samples from my sessions at SQL Saturday #21 Orlando on 10\17. I've also...
2009-10-26
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SQL Saturday #21 (Orlando) Recap
Saturday, 10\17, marked the third year for SQL Saturday here in Orlando and each year it gets bigger and better....
2009-10-26
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SQLSaturday Sensation in NJ
Well, it's a wrap! Saturday has come and gone, but memories will go on. It was great to see so...
2009-10-26
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Business Cards – Again
I posted some thoughts on business cards awhile back, had used up the ones I had and was time to...
2009-10-25
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My Eval Results from SQLSaturday #21
I presented Social and Not So Social Networking for the DBA. Of the attendees, 16 submitted an eval. Here are...
2009-10-25
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Phil Factor SQL Speed Phreak Competition
If you have a database application that is running slowly, or is straining the server, what do you do? After...
2009-10-25
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SQL University: Authentication and Authorization
Welcome back to class, folks, here at SQL University. This week we're going to take a look at the basics...
2009-10-25
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Red Gate Has 10th Birthday
I first met Simon Galbraith, one of the co-owners of Red Gate Software at PASS in 2002, when they had...
2009-10-24
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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