Opening Up
I read Andy Warren’s PASS Update #3 the other day and I was amazed. Actually I’m late in getting this...
2009-02-10
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Blog Posts
PASS Update #5 (Blogger's Please Read)
We'll be announcing this on the main www.sqlpass.org site and the PASS blog over the next day or two, but...
2009-02-10
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SQL Pi
A mildly humorous title, spawned by a link my friend Jon sent me about calculating Pi using a batch file....
2009-02-10
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Things you know now...
This was the brainchild of Mike Walsh, who asked, "What do you wish you knew when you were starting?" I...
2009-02-10
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Frantic
I’m a little frantic this morning trying to get caught up on work, lots of stuff piled up, Tia leaving,...
2009-02-09
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Notes on the 2009 South Florida Code Camp
As I mentioned last week I drove to Miramar for the South Florida Code Camp, arriving in time for the...
2009-02-09
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SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition install - use the "right" version of the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 install
This is something that bit us over the weekend as we attempted to install two new SQL Server 2008 Enterprise...
2009-02-09
1,800 reads
Reminder: MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow Coming to Pensacola, Tallahassee, and More
Forwarding on a note from my local MS Developer Evangelist Joe Healy about his next series of free presentations coming...
2009-02-08
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Speaking at Community Events - More Thoughts
Last week I posted Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?, a first cut at talking about to...
2009-02-08
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Challenging the Tyranny of Third-Party Vendors: A DBA’s Manifesto
Over the years, I have dealt with a lot of third-party applications (and their vendors) that use SQL Server as...
2009-02-06
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Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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