My Top 10 SQL Saturday Tips
Top 10 SQL Saturday Coordination Tips
1. First and probably the most important thing is to assemble a very responsible and...
2009-10-05
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SQL Saturday #21 – Orlando
Well we are less than two weeks away from SQL Saturday #21 in Orlando, FL. My bags are packed and...
2009-10-05
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A Tale of Two Utility Companies
I live in Parker, Colorado, which is a suburb of Denver, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Denver. I have...
2009-10-05
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My Journey - Part I
I've actually been meaning to write about my journey as a SQL Server professional, but kept putting it off. I...
2009-10-05
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A Hint For Recruiters (And You!)
Over the past few years we’ve had a number of recruiters and staffing firms visit oPASS as sponsors, and we...
2009-10-04
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SQLSaturday 26 Session Files
SQLSaturday 26 Sessions: 10/3 in Redmond, WA
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at SQLSaturday 26 in Redmond, WA on...
2009-10-04
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Stupid DBA Tricks
Well, I just learned a valuable lesson about something you should not do as a DBA…
About a month ago, a...
2009-10-04
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Red Gate's SQL Data Generator
I'm reading SQL Server MVP John Magnabosco's new e-book, Protecting SQL Server Data, and he includes a database schema to...
2009-10-03
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Pitching in at SQL University
Jorge Segarra (@SQLChicken) has put together an idea to have on-line basic lessons on SQL Server called SQL University. The idea...
2009-10-03
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Southwest Florida Code Camp II
I presented a Powershel session at the SW Florida .Net Code Camp IIl. The session demonstrated the following uses cases for...
2009-10-03
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Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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