Blogging at TechEd
I’ll be at TechEd on Monday/Tuesday. Not going to sessions as I don’t have the time to stay there all...
2010-06-07
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Pensacola Holds Second Annual SQL Saturday
SQL Saturday #22 was held on Saturday, June 5, 2010, with about 224 attendees participating in this free event. It...
2010-06-07
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SQL Server Managment Studio, Tools, Options: Why the 'Saving Changes Is Not Permitted' Error - Preventing Changes That Require Table Re-Creation Is A Good Idea
Does a gun have a safety? Yes! And so should the Table Designer...now back to the database world and away...
2010-06-06
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SQL Saturday 22 Pensacola Recap
This weekend I flew out to Pensacola, Florida to present a session at SQL Saturday 22. This was the second...
2010-06-06
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3.15Kw Solar PV System in Parker, Colorado
After waiting nearly seven months after I signed the contract, my little 3.15Kw grid-tied solar PV system was partially installed...
2010-06-05
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Dachshunds on Patrol
I was home today, since my 3.15Kw solar PV system was being installed, so I took a few pictures of...
2010-06-05
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DTS and 2008
Have you ever been required to update your SQL Server environment and needed to test it? I know, rhetorical question....
2010-06-04
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Prepping for SQL Saturday #22
In Pensacola, the Hampton Inn, and bandwidth sucks. I remember this from last year. Adding a few notes to my...
2010-06-04
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Multitasking for the iPhone
I didn’t think that multitasking was a big deal for my iPhone when I got it. I’d had it on...
2010-06-04
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Alternating Group Colors and Alternating Row Colors
Alternating Group Colors and Alternating Row Colors
After posting my recent blog about Alternating Group Colors, I’ve been asked several times...
2010-06-04
1,359 reads
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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Backing Up a DMK
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