Learn SQL Server 2008 R2 with 24-HOP
Last month, the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) held its second 24 Hours of PASS, or 24 HOP for...
2010-06-18
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PASS Update #34 (The “Spring Event”!)
The minutes of the June 2010 Board meeting have been posted and if you haven’t read them yet, you missed...
2010-06-18
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SQL Spatial data for State/County shapes
I saw a Blog post by Grant Fritchey (Blog | Twitter) a couple days ago on using Geospatial data in SSRS...
2010-06-18
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June SCSUG Meeting Follow-up
This is a bit later than usual as the meeting was a week ago now, but I wanted to post...
2010-06-18
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Speaking and Presenting Tips - Handouts
I’ve given quite a few presentations, one keynote with another to come, and attended many more. I’ve read a few...
2010-06-18
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about deciding to build a quick and dirty voting solution. Or to try to at least! Should...
2010-06-18
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Travel Tips from an Intrepid Traveling DBA
Recently, Buck Woody challenged myself, Paul Randal, and Brent Ozar to write a blog post on “How I Travel”. I...
2010-06-18
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Notes from the June 2010 oPASS Meeting
We had adjusted our meeting date to work around previous commitments for both Jack Corbett and I, and that may...
2010-06-17
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Important: System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF
Important: System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF This is the some of the list of System Objects/Views/DMV/DMF. Catalog View: All system information is stored...
2010-06-17
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Finding SQL Server Client Ports
I saw a post recently asking if there was an easy way to find the port a client was using...
2010-06-17
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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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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