DBA’s, want to earn the big bucks? Learn BI
While there are many DBA’s who do business intelligence, or BI, I believe there are even more who do not. ...
2011-05-16
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Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 3
Our last day went well, even extremely well. By day 2 (or day 3 if you attended a seminar) everyone...
2011-05-16
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ColoradoSQL in May
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend so...
2011-05-16
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SQLRally is A Smashing Success!
Yesterday I presented Understanding Storage Systems and SQL Server and had a fantastic time! The crowd was great and was...
2011-05-13
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SSAS error when processing the cube
Every couple of weeks I see this SSAS error when processing one of my cubes:
Internal error: Invalid enumeration value. Please call...
2011-05-13
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Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 2
Everything went well on Thursday. No major delays at check-in was a good start, and everything going according to plan....
2011-05-13
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Re-blog – May 6-12
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-05-13
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An Update To My Previous Post
I have picked Row compression and moved it out of [Primary] and into its own FileGroup and .NDF file. I’ve...
2011-05-13
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Project Management: Dedicated vs. Shared Resources
As an infrastructure type person, I typically represent a "shared" resource. What that means is I'm not dedicated to just...
2011-05-13
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Please vote for my SQLPASS precon and sessions
A few days ago, SQLPASS opened the voting for the precon’s and sessions for the annual
SQLPASS community summit. I’ve also...
2011-05-12
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
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Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
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I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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