Notes on a Migration from Oracle to SQL Server
I have to admit, when asked to perform a migration from Oracle to SQL Server over the past couple of...
2009-10-26
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Blog Posts
One Week until PASS 2009
It's one week until the PASS Summit. At this time next week I'll be on a plane, heading to Seattle...
2009-10-26
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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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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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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
Forums
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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