Notes on the August 19, 2014 Pinellas SQL Group Meeting
Busy week, should have blogged about it before the eventDid a remote presentation on securing credit card dataFirst time using...
2014-08-21
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Reviewing the PASS 2015 Budget
I just spent a few minutes reviewing the 2015 PASS budget, things that I noticed:
Anticipating a change in revenue of...
2014-08-21
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Stupid me #4 – The login is from an untrusted domain
After quite a while it has finally returned: another Stupid Me™®©! A reminder:
Every time I do something “stupid”, which happens...
2014-08-27 (first published: 2014-08-21)
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Automated Source Control: A Librarian For Your Database Objects, Part 1
One of the biggest headaches in most development groups that do any sort of SQL Server work is that of...
2014-08-21
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Monitor the Number of Deleted Rows in a Clustered Columnstore Index
In some of my previous posts, I have talked about how to create Columnstore indexes. Now I’d like to discuss...
2014-08-21
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VMworld 2014 Is Next Week
Can you believe that this year’s VMworld conference is just around the corner? It’s next week – August 24 – 28 – at...
2014-08-20
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 37
I’m continuing to experiment with the messaging. Without A/B testing (and maybe even with, given the small list size) it’s...
2014-08-20
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Being a Volunteer Leader Is Hard
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few weeks, maybe longer. It’s based on the three years I served...
2014-08-20
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Still a Need for a SQL Server Specific Organization
If you haven’t already, please read Denise McInerney’s post about why PASS no longer stands for the Professional Association for...
2014-08-20
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Updating tsqlt
I was looking to write a new test with the tsqlt framework recently. I wanted to isolate a stored procedure’s...
2014-08-20
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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