Life Guarding Your Data
Last week as an adult leader of my son’s Boy Scout Troop, I accompanied a dozen fine young men to...
2010-07-07
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SSC Editorial – Learning From Experts
Another story with a lesson today, this one about learning to work smarter and not just harder. Easy to say,...
2010-07-07
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Visual Studio 2010 Giveaway - The Winners and the Answers
All three licenses of Visual 2010 Ultimate with MSDN have been claimed, and here are the winners:
John Pertell (twitter | blog)Jeff...
2010-07-07
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VS 2010 Ultimate with MSDN Giveaway - Completed!
UPDATE: The three licenses have been claimed!
Like other MVPs and Regional Directors, I've got three licenses of Visual Studio 2010...
2010-07-07
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Why Work on a SQL Saturday?
I was having a long call with Andy Warren (blog | Twitter), fellow founder of SQLServerCentral and SQL Saturday. We were...
2010-07-07
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What is an Easy Way to Return Results from a CLR Stored Procedure?
This post describes a helper class that I came up with to handle returning values from a CLR stored procedure. Continue reading ?
The post What is an Easy Way...
2010-07-07
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What is an Easy Way to Return Results from a CLR Stored Procedure?
This post describes a helper class that I came up with to handle returning values from a CLR stored procedure. Continue reading ?
2010-07-07
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What is an Easy Way to Return Results from a CLR Stored Procedure?
Introduction
What is an Easy Way to Return Results from a CLR Stored Procedure? The question sounds simple enough but yet...
2010-07-07
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Getting Started with SQL Azure (doc)
Getting Started with SQL Azure - Very nice & short document about SQL Azure beginning process. This is the official document that...
2010-07-07
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Free SSIS Training - SQL Lunch #24 (Looping in SSIS)
Join Brad Schacht this week on the SQL Lunch to learn about Looping in SSIS. Go to SQL Lunch and...
2010-07-07
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