SQLSaturday #49 Call for Speakers is Open & Call for Our PreCon Seminar
SQLSaturday #49 will be held in Orlando on October 16th, 2010, and our call for speakers is now open. We’re...
2010-04-27
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One Trip Booked – TechEd 2010
Tia thinks I’m crazy to book early, but I like to have a choice of flights, and I like to...
2010-04-27
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SQL Server Replication Overview
For my next series of blog posts I intend to document and write about SQL Server replication. This is a...
2010-04-27
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SQLSaturday #41 – Atlanta Recap
I had the opportunity to go present at SQLSaturday #41-Atlanta this past weekend (April 24, 2010) and I had a...
2010-04-27
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SQL Saturday - Columbia, SC - October 2, 2010
This is the official announcement that we are officially scheduled for holding a SQL Saturday in Columbia, SC, on October...
2010-04-27
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Latest Issue of The SQL Server Standard – Volume 7 Issue 3
Available for download by all PASS members (membership is free), this issue has Techies Talking to Non-Techies by Don Gabor....
2010-04-27
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The PASS Summit Survey Results 2010
I hope there will be more surveys, so I’ll tag this as 2010. The results were released recently, and there...
2010-04-27
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SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (April 2010)
Since SQL Server 2008 R2 has gone RTM, and will soon be available for purchase, I am going to be...
2010-04-26
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Beware, events falling from the sky
Are SQL Saturdays falling from the sky? (from Jen McCown, @midnightDBA)
I think so. This past weekend had three events, #39...
2010-04-26
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SSIS : Using the VariableDispenser object within Script Components
I have become accustom to modifying package variables within my Script Task using the VariablesDispenser object. It is convenient and powerful. I started working...
2010-04-26
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