June S3OLV Wrapup
Last night we had our monthly Chapter User group meeting in affiliation with PASS. Honestly, the experience was quite humbling...
2010-06-11
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A Greek Tragedy
This is just tragic. Thanks to Brent Ozar (twitter | blog) for posting it.
Idera web site hit by SQL injection attack
The...
2010-06-11
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The Football World Cup
This day only comes around once in every four years, we've all been waiting for it for months. It's been...
2010-06-11
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We’re Well into Q2
I saw a post from Seth Phelabaum on SQLServerCentral reviewing his goals as of Q2. About 20 days premature, but...
2010-06-11
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Hello World Cup !
As the World Cup dawns on us – I was just wondering how many nationalities this site attracts ??
Do we have...
2010-06-11
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 21
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-11
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Presentation Styles
I had a chance to watch a few different styles this week at TechEd, and I think it helped that...
2010-06-11
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Presenting Data and Information
I got this flyer in the mail recently.
It was for a seminar by Edward Tufte, and it caught my eye...
2010-06-11
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Upcoming SQL Lunch Events
We are scheduling more and more events daily on the SQL Lunch. Just as a reminder here are a few...
2010-06-10
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Presenting At OPASS June 15
On Tuesday, June 15, I'm presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted in the Recovery Room at the Orlando SQL Server...
2010-06-10
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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