I’m Speaking at #DataWeekender
With all our in-person events cancelled for the foreseeable future, I was so excited to find that some community folks are not sitting back and waiting for the social...
2020-04-25
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SQL Swimmer
I’m Speaking at #SQLSatRVA
I am super excited, and humbled, to have been selected to speak at the very first PASS virtual SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday Richmond, on Saturday, April 25, 2020. I...
2020-04-17
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I’m Speaking at #DataPlatformDiscoveryDay
We are living in some very interesting times and the technical conference community is facing some challenges like it never has before. So many in-person events have been postponed...
2020-04-16
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatSpokane
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Spokane on March 21, 2020. Not only have I been selected to speak,...
2020-01-20
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I’m Speaking at SQL Saturday Victoria
I am so happy to announce that I have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Victoria on March 14, 2020. This will be my second time speaking at...
2020-01-14
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New Session, Intro to Azure Data Catalog
I am excited to announce that I have created a new session, Intro to Azure Data Catalog. This has been a long time in the planning and it’s about...
2020-01-13
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2019 in Review
What an incredible year it’s been. I kept thinking that I was busy, but I had no idea until I looked at the final numbers (I have a Power...
2020-01-01
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatCleveland
I am so excited and honored to have been selected to speak at SQL Saturday Cleveland #930 on February 1, 2020. This will be my second time speaking at...
2019-12-27
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Stepping Down As PASS Local Group Leader
Some of you may have already heard, but I have decided to step down from being the PASS local group leader for the chapter in Greensboro, NC. I’ve been...
2019-12-21
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatDC
I am so excited to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday DC on Saturday, December 14, 2019. I am so honored to have been selected. This...
2019-11-23
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Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;