What I Learned at PASS
There’s a contest going on at PASS looking for answers to “Best Thing I Learned at PASS”. I don’t want...
2009-06-15
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Finding a New Laptop Bag – Progress!
Way back on May 19 I wrote about my search for a new laptop bag to replace my somewhat tattered...
2009-06-14
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SQLSaturday #19 Call for Speakers and Registration – East Iowa, October 10, 2009
Michelle Ufford (aka SQLFool) is leading the first SQLSaturday in Iowa at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on...
2009-06-14
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What I’ve Read and Recommend to Others – SQL Server 2008 Part 1
I read, a lot. I’ve been a prolific reader all my adult life.
I use to split my reading between...
2009-06-14
1,135 reads
Thanks, Brian!
This past Tuesday, Brian Knight visited the St. Louis SQL Server User Group to present on SSIS. The day ended...
2009-06-14
559 reads
PowerShell Whitepaper Published
My first whitepaper for Microsoft, Understanding and Using PowerShell Support in SQL Server 2008 has been published. It was a...
2009-06-13
386 reads
Give Me a Coconut and Six Months
Tim Benninghof tagged me with the question. "So You’re On A Deserted Island With WiFi and you’re still on the...
2009-06-13
462 reads
Mentors and Perspective
We had my organization's semi-annual combined IT and financial meeting this morning. At the end of these meetings awards and...
2009-06-12
671 reads
Answers to Advanced SSIS Interview Questions
Last week I wrote a set of Advanced SSIS Interview Questions. Here are the answers I came up for these. ...
2009-06-12
53,172 reads
Passive Influence
I study karate on a regular basis, and over the years I've practiced a number of different martial arts, most...
2009-06-12
688 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
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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