Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4
Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake...
2009-06-22
1,226 reads
Am I a bad employee if I don't blog?
No.
Blogging is not for everyone and you don't want to give the impression you are something you are not doing...
2009-06-22
1,604 reads
Moron's Guide to SSIS : Episode 2 - Introduction to the Dataflow
Today Pragmatic Works release it’s second comedic training video featuring Dustin Ryan as “Dustin” and Brian Knight as “Gary” Dustin’s...
2009-06-19
694 reads
Best Thing I Learned at PASS Summit
If you haven't heard, PASS is running a contest where you could win conference registration to this year's PASS Community...
2009-06-19
1,269 reads
The Lowest Bar
In my Modern Resume presentation, I tried to structure it to go from easy to hard things to do in...
2009-06-19
728 reads
Adventures in Powershell SSIS Administration Programming
In January 2009, I released version 1.4 of SQL Server Powershell Extensions which included a Library of functions for working with...
2009-06-19
1,550 reads
Learning a New Development Platform
This past week at work we have been having some in-depth training. The interesting thing is it hasn't been SQL...
2009-06-18
1,334 reads
The secret skill revealed in the dusty booklet
Going through one’s father’s belongings after his death is
always a poignant, bitter-sweet experience. I was going through his most
precious books...
2009-06-18
1,989 reads
Enabling Checkpoints in your SSIS Packages
Checkpoints are a great tool in SSIS that many developers go years without even experimenting with. I hope to enlighten...
2009-06-18
13,026 reads
The Cost of E-books
What’s the cost of e-books? It’s an interesting question that I have always wondered. I found this account of the...
2009-06-18
726 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Invitation: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
My T-SQL Tuesday #201 invitation. Do temp tables help performance or hurt it? I...
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
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Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
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Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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