Fall Speaking Schedule
I just got back from speaking at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, which was a lot of fun. I’ll write...
2010-08-23
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Looking at the Numbers
Andy Leonard has done an awesome job collecting information and putting the numbers together for the recent candidate decision for...
2010-08-23
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PASS Elections
There are a lot of things I’d like to say about the PASS elections. I was on vacation last week...
2010-08-23
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Last Place? Doesn’t Matter.
As the debate rages on about the PASS election I want to share my thoughts about being a candidate that...
2010-08-23
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Incremental Load - TSQL
For my first technical post in a short while I thought I would look at something I have worked on...
2010-08-23
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of August 23, 2010
Note: I got some of the dates mixed up, so I'm re-publishing this post.
Monday
SQL Lunch - Troubleshooting SSIS Package Development - Dustin...
2010-08-23
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SSIS: Conditional File Processing in a ForEach Loop
I’ve fielded a number of requests recently asking how to interrogate a file within SSIS and change the processing rules...
2010-08-23
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Security Panics
I went to host the Red Gate SQL Source Control webinar recently and had a snag. I downloaded the GoToWebinar...
2010-08-23
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Notes on SQLSaturday #51
We started the event with a speaker/volunteer dinner at the home of Kevin Kline (former PASS President, current MVP,and all...
2010-08-23
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Getting Drive Info Part 2, DTS
In this installment of the drive info series we will gather the drive information via a DTS package. Part 1...
2010-08-23
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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