Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4
Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake...
2009-06-22
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Blog Posts
Tips on Getting Hired – Part 5
I think the hardest part about the job search is interviewing and not being selected. You keep saying “why” with...
2009-06-22
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When the next object-persistence boat comes in.
I was reading a MCP training manual for SQL Server the other day. It was good. The whole of TSQL...
2009-06-22
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Adventures in Powershell SSIS Administration Programming
In January 2009, I released version 1.4 of SQL Server Powershell Extensions which included a Library of functions for working with...
2009-06-19
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Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit
If you haven't heard, PASS is running a contest where you could win conference registration to this year's PASS Community...
2009-06-19
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Moron's Guide to SSIS : Episode 2 - Introduction to the Dataflow
Today Pragmatic Works release it’s second comedic training video featuring Dustin Ryan as “Dustin” and Brian Knight as “Gary” Dustin’s...
2009-06-19
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The Lowest Bar
In my Modern Resume presentation, I tried to structure it to go from easy to hard things to do in...
2009-06-19
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Enabling Checkpoints in your SSIS Packages
Checkpoints are a great tool in SSIS that many developers go years without even experimenting with. I hope to enlighten...
2009-06-18
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Learning a New Development Platform
This past week at work we have been having some in-depth training. The interesting thing is it hasn't been SQL...
2009-06-18
1,334 reads
PASS Connector Editorial for June 17, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-06-18
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Blogs
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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