SQL Saturday #315 - Pittsburgh
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2014-09-18 (first published: 2014-09-16)
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria
More good news! I will be speaking on SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria.
If you read this blog and will attend the event,...
2014-09-16
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DBA in the Cloud: Threat or Opportunity?
Five years ago the term “cloud” was still a buzzword, and there was a lot of uncertainty and misconception around...
2014-09-16
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Better Presentations–Zoom
This is part of a series of tips for speakers on how to make your presentations better.
I’ve given around 30...
2014-09-16
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PASS SQL Saturday Events: October 2014
DateEventOctober 4 SQLSaturday #335 – Athens 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #336 – Holland 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #344 – Tirana 2014October 4 SQLSaturday #315 – Pittsburgh...
2014-09-15
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Outstanding PASS Volunteer
Hello Dear Reader! In June this year I was recognized by PASS as with an Outstanding Volunteer Award. In an...
2014-09-15
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Thoughts On the NomCom Process
We’ve just wrapped up the interviews and I wanted to jot down a few thoughts on what I’ve seen from...
2014-09-15
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Creation & Deletion of Database Snapshot by SQL Agent Job
Some days back, I received one query on my facebook page that user want to create Database Snapshot frequently & want to delete the oldest with same frequency. Quite...
2014-09-15
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Podcast on Devops and the Database
I’ve been attempting to expand my reach to get back to my roots in development. I’m doing this because I...
2014-09-15
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I SCHEMABOUND my scalar UDF and you won’t believe what happened next.
Sorry for the click bait but I just couldn’t resist, and to be fair I was pretty impressed with this...
2014-09-15
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