Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 11
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-20
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2010-05-20
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Preparing for SQLSaturday #49
We’re still in the early stages so the pace is comfortably slow. We’ve got about 30 sessions in already (plenty...
2010-05-20
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June OPASS Meeting Date Change
Andy Warren (@sqlandy) already blogged about the change here, but I there might actually be someone who reads my blog...
2010-05-19
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TableSpace Update
The last post in the series on finding the sizes of your tables showed us how we could find that...
2010-05-19
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SQL Server Utility Script From 24 Hours of PASS
I had a good time giving my presentation and demo of SQL Server Utility during the fourth hour of the...
2010-05-19
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Unofficial Poll on 2010 PASS Summit Keynote Speaker
I’ve blogged on this before, here and here, and ended up chatting about it on Twitter (see, I do use...
2010-05-19
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oPASS June 2010 Meeting Date Change
Normally we meet on the second Tuesday of the month, but in June we’re going to have to push the...
2010-05-19
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 2
Cmdlets, Functions and Snapins
So far we’ve learned how to open up PowerShell and add on to it with some modules;...
2010-05-19
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Vote for The Keynote by Dr. DeWitt
You can choose from how query optimization works and why it’s so hard, or how relational engines and MapReduce can...
2010-05-19
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