Speaking at SQLSaturday #48 in Columbia, SC
SQLSaturday #48 is October 2nd, 2010, at Midlands Technical College in West Columbia, SC. I’ll be doing two presentations, one...
2010-09-08
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New Ideas for SQLSaturday
Jack Corbett and I are trying a few new things at SQLSaturday #49 in Orlando this year (Oct 16, 2010)...
2010-09-08
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Tip: RESTORE FILELISTONLY / WITH MOVE
As we’ve seen in recent DBARant-able tales, not everyone is completely familiar with methods of restoring SQL backup files to...
2010-09-08
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What is Normalization in SQL ?
=> What is normalization ?
Defination :Normalization is the process of efficiently organizing data in a database. There are two goals of...
2010-09-07
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Please don’t Tweet this, but…
This is reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
During some recent conversations, I’ve noticed an increasing tendency for people to...
2010-09-07
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More Notes on Live Meeting Presentations
Yesterday I did another presentation via Live Meeting, some thoughts from that effort:
Perf VC team did a great job making...
2010-09-07
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Slide Deck for Introduction to Statistics
Here is the slide from the presentation today for the PASS Performance Tuning Virtual Chapter. Thanks to all those that...
2010-09-07
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Tagxedo
I found this while looking for a quick way to throw some words into a slide, was thinking something along...
2010-09-07
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Links From Twitter
Normally, I try to stick to posting technical info or community stuff on the blog, but there were a couple...
2010-09-07
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At The End of the IO Road With C#
Previously I’ve written about doing fun IO stuff in C#. I found out that some of my old tricks still...
2010-09-07
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Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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Inventory Snapshot for missing Period
Hello, We maintain an inventory table that captures monthly snapshots of item inventory levels....
Azure SQL Hyperscale Unveiled
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What is the worst part about existing monitoring solutions?
Hi. What is the most difficult aspect of using monitoring software like idera, redgate,...
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