Know Your Limits
A little over a week ago I roughed up my back moving sound equipment after a ministry event. I have...
2011-05-10
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Runtime Interaction with SSIS Packages - Confirming Actions
In developing my data warehouse ETL processes, there are some packages and SQL Agent jobs that are both necessary to...
2011-05-10
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Speaking at Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group on June 15
I will be speaking at the Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group, live and in person, on Wednesday, June 15,...
2011-05-09
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Pragmatic Tools Week: BIxPress
Much like Tim “The Toolman” Taylor had his themed weeks, we’re going to do something similar. This week we salute:...
2011-05-09
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Sql Saturday #83
Frikkie Bosch opened the day with a short keynote giving an overview of Denali, talking mostly from a marketing point...
2011-05-09
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A quicker way than using count(*)
A quick little tip I found a couple of years ago. Ever use the count(*) syntax and it takes forever...
2011-05-09
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SQLRally Orlando Begins This Week!
It actually starts tomorrow for me (and many of you), I’ll be at the Marriott World Center around 1 pm...
2011-05-09
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SQL Azure Migration Wizard
There’s a project over on code plex to come up with a mechanism for validating databases and generating the necessary...
2011-05-09
1,311 reads
SSC Editorial: Running as SysAdmin
My editorial about Running as Sysadmin ran in the SQLServerCentral newsletter yesterday and generated some good (and passionate!) responses. It’s...
2011-05-09
837 reads
PASSMN May Meeting
If you are going to be visiting Minnesota on May 17th or are there on more permanent basis, you can...
2011-05-09
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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