I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #397 – Omaha
I recently blogged about the opportunity to speak at that the Omaha SQL Server User group. In a nutshell, being a co-founder...
2015-08-11
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SQL Saturday Speaker Marketing – With Powershell
If you follow the Twitter account for SQL PASS, you probably noticed that they are actively promoting individual Summit 2015 speakers....
2015-08-11 (first published: 2015-08-06)
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I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #402 – Indianapolis
One of benefits, among several, in moving to Kentucky is the close proximity to several SQL Saturday events. I am...
2015-08-04
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I’m Speaking! Edmonton SQL Server User Group
I am honored to be speaking at the Edmonton SQL Server User Group. I always find it humbling to be...
2015-07-20
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Validating Cluster Instance Owner with Powershell
A few weeks ago, for TSQL Tuesday, I wrote about how I used Powershell to manage failing over clusters. At work,...
2015-07-17
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I’m Speaking! Omaha SQL Server/BI User Group
Well, it has finally happened. In the 7+ years that I helped to run the Omaha SQL/BI User Group, I...
2015-07-02
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T-SQL Tuesday #67 – Extended Events
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is about extended events and comes from Jes Borland (B|T).
Like in most environments, we utilize...
2015-06-16 (first published: 2015-06-09)
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Why NULL Placement Matters
Not those Benjamin’s
Benjamin Franklin once said, “A place for everything and everything in it’s place“. While I assume that he...
2015-06-10 (first published: 2015-06-04)
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 Install Errors
Whenever it is time to install a service pack every DBA silently hopes that nothing will go wrong. I would...
2015-05-28
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Why not jump in and help?
If you know me, you know it is in my nature to help. Whether it’s helping a friend move, helping...
2015-05-21
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importing from PowerQuery... but with multiple powerqueries
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The Long Running Backup
I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?
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