PASS Board Meeting This Week
I’m flying to Nashville today for the Board meeting on August 19 and 20, 2010. I had already planned to...
2010-08-18
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SQLAndy
Changes at OPASS
I’ve been managing oPASS since we re-hydrated it back in early 2007. Seems like a long time ago! We’ve made...
2010-08-17
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Still More Notes on Networking at SQLSaturday
Had my final follow up call with Don Gabor, took one more run through the networking and speaker stuff (Don...
2010-08-16
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The Value of Blogging – Today on SQLServerCentral
I wrote the value of blogging hoping to highlight the less often discussed value of practicing writing. Too often we...
2010-08-13
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Reducing My Email Workload
I get a fair amount of email in a week; stuff about work, stuff for oPASS, stuff for PASS, stuff...
2010-08-13
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A Chance to Win a Free Trip to the PASS Summit
Passing along this contest from Idera and MSSQLTips. I don’t do many plugs, but it’s a chance for someone to...
2010-08-11
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Logo Selected for SQLRally
Hopefully everyone saw the announcement already, either via the PASS Connector or the Twitter announcement, but we have – finally! – a...
2010-08-11
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Registration Open for 24 Hours of PASS
The ‘Summit Preview’ edition, this time around it features speakers from the upcoming PASS Summit with each doing a one...
2010-08-11
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Begining Thoughts on a PASS Speaker Certification
Consider this one a thinking out loud post more than most. We’ve had an explosion of speakers in the SQL...
2010-08-10
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MS Lightswitch – Interesting?
MS just announced this publicly last week, it’s a Visual Studio product that seems to be geared towards the not-quite-developer...
2010-08-10
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Blogs
SQL Server 2025 RegEx and AI
By Steve Jones
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025 Backup Changes
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as...
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Forums
Columnstore index question
Hi experts, I’ve been going through several articles and videos about Columnstore indexes, but...
Transactional Replication
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Identify a Slipstream Installation
I get a new SQL Server instance from my build team. How can I tell if the instance was installed using a slipstream installation later?
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