Presenting with a Mac
My name is Brian Kelley and I used to be a PC bigot. That was back in 1989. I was...
2011-03-31
1,571 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Improving Meetings
Most folks I know hate meetings. They especially hate meetings about meetings. Recently I was working with a developer who...
2011-03-30
2,097 reads
On Leadership - Lead from the Front
This topic actually came up at SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC. I spent the first 15 years of my life...
2011-03-29
2,164 reads
Tip on Speaking (and Writing) Well – The Key Idea
Cross-posted from the Goal Keeping DBA blog:
In the September 2010 issue of Toastmaster magazine there’s a great article by Chris...
2011-03-28
1,281 reads
Next Up: SQL Connections!
SQL Saturday #70 is officially in the books. There's some administrative stuff: I will do a blog post about lessons...
2011-03-21
782 reads
SQL Saturday #70 - Tomorrow will be here soon!
We are in the final stages of prepping for SQL Saturday #70, here in Columbia, SC. We have right around...
2011-03-18
728 reads
Beginner Sessions at SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC
A very good question was asked about the SQL Saturday #70 session track, and that's "What courses are best suited...
2011-03-15
856 reads
SQL Server Connectivity Issues with Named Instances
This came up on Twitter last night and if you're not very strong on networking, this can be really confusing....
2011-03-10
13,443 reads
[OFF-TOPIC] Make a difference
I follow the blog of Johnny Long (twitter) from time-to-time, especially as he chronicled his work in Uganda. I know...
2011-03-09
806 reads
Selecting Speakers for SQL Saturday #70
The Call for Speakers for SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC, ended on February 17, 2011. We wanted to put the...
2011-02-25
1,651 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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