FLX SQL

So you’ve decided that your new web application needs to record some page load time metrics so you can keep tabs on performance. Terrific! You set up a couple page load/complete...

2015-06-16

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Getting Over It or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Speaking

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

Consider this the outtakes from my previous post about speaking at SQL Saturday.
It took a while for me to build up the courage to finally get up in the...

2015-06-02

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I Spoke at SQLSat (and I Liked It)

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

That is the first and last Katy Perry reference you will find on this blog or anywhere else in my life.
Last weekend I spoke at the 4th edition of my “home”...

2015-05-22

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Slides & demos from SQL Saturday Rochester

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

Slides & demos from my SQL Saturday Rochester presentation “Easing into Scripting with Windows PowerShell” have been posted on the SQL Saturday site.
Thank you to everyone who came out for...

2015-05-19

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Speaking at SQL Saturday Rochester this weekend!

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

I’ll be presenting my session Easing into Scripting with Windows PowerShell this Saturday, May 16th at SQL Saturday Rochester.
SQL Saturday is a free, all-day event for learning about SQL Server and...

2015-05-15

2 reads

SQL New Blogger Challenge Digest - Week 4

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

This week marks the end of Ed Leighton-Dick’s New Blogger Challenge. It’s terrific seeing everyone sticking with the challenge all month and I’m looking forward to catching up with all the...

2015-05-01

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Are You Backing Everything Up?

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

We hear the common refrain among DBAs all the time. Back up your data! Test your restores! If you can’t restore the backup, it’s worthless. And yes, absolutely, you...

2015-04-29

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SQL New Blogger Digest - Week 3

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

Here are the posts collected from week three of the SQL New Blogger Challenge. It’s been compiled the same way previous weeks’ posts were. Everyone’s doing a great job keeping up...

2015-04-24

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Padding Fields for Fixed-Position Data Formats

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

Fixed-position data formats will seemingly be with us forever. Despite the relative ease of parsing CSV (or other delimited formats), or even XML, many data exchanges require a fixed-position...

2015-04-22

7 reads

SQL New Blogger Digest - Week 2

by alevyinroc

FLX SQL

I didn’t intend for last week’s digest to also be my post for week two of the challenge, but life got in the way and I wasn’t able to...

2015-04-15

5 reads

FLX SQL

Hello GETDATE() My Old Friend...

Getting Over It or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Speaking

I Spoke at SQLSat (and I Liked It)

Slides & demos from SQL Saturday Rochester

Speaking at SQL Saturday Rochester this weekend!

SQL New Blogger Challenge Digest - Week 4

Are You Backing Everything Up?

SQL New Blogger Digest - Week 3

Padding Fields for Fixed-Position Data Formats

SQL New Blogger Digest - Week 2

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