What I Learned at PASS
There’s a contest going on at PASS looking for answers to “Best Thing I Learned at PASS”. I don’t want...
2009-06-15
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Blog Posts
Finding a New Laptop Bag – Progress!
Way back on May 19 I wrote about my search for a new laptop bag to replace my somewhat tattered...
2009-06-14
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SQLSaturday #19 Call for Speakers and Registration – East Iowa, October 10, 2009
Michelle Ufford (aka SQLFool) is leading the first SQLSaturday in Iowa at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on...
2009-06-14
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Thanks, Brian!
This past Tuesday, Brian Knight visited the St. Louis SQL Server User Group to present on SSIS. The day ended...
2009-06-14
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – SQL Server 2008 Part 1
I read, a lot. I’ve been a prolific reader all my adult life.
I use to split my reading between...
2009-06-14
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Give Me a Coconut and Six Months
Tim Benninghof tagged me with the question. "So You’re On A Deserted Island With WiFi and you’re still on the...
2009-06-13
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PowerShell Whitepaper Published
My first whitepaper for Microsoft, Understanding and Using PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008 has been published. It was a...
2009-06-13
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Answers to Advanced SSIS Interview Questions
Last week I wrote a set of Advanced SSIS Interview Questions. Here are the answers I came up for these. ...
2009-06-12
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Mentors and Perspective
We had my organization's semi-annual combined IT and financial meeting this morning. At the end of these meetings awards and...
2009-06-12
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Passive Influence
I study karate on a regular basis, and over the years I've practiced a number of different martial arts, most...
2009-06-12
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
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Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead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...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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