oPASS June 2010 Meeting Date Change
Normally we meet on the second Tuesday of the month, but in June we’re going to have to push the...
2010-05-19
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SQLAndy
Vote for The Keynote by Dr. DeWitt
You can choose from how query optimization works and why it’s so hard, or how relational engines and MapReduce can...
2010-05-19
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Reporting on TechEd
Last week I blogged about attending TechEd 2010 on a press pass, and since then I’ve been trying to come...
2010-05-19
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Rules to Live By: Be Worthy of Trust
I struggled with the title for this one. One of the thoughts I had was that I believe in being...
2010-05-18
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LiveMeeting is Still Harder Than Live Meetings!
On Thursday I presented ‘Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan’ to the PASS Professional Development Chapter (#PASSProfDev on Twitter) via...
2010-05-17
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Thoughts on Leadership
A friend is moving into a leadership role for the first time and we talked some about making that transition....
2010-05-14
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Upgrading to SQL 2008 R2
Had this on my list todo list, upgrade my laptop that just had plain old SQL 2008 on it. The...
2010-05-13
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Attending TechEd 2010
It’s been a couple years since I’ve attended and always found Teched to be a great event, more content than...
2010-05-12
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Minutes of the April 2010 PASS Board Meeting Published
This was a phone meeting on April 8th, 2010, that covered:
Possibility of an online track at the 2010 PASS SummitDiscussion...
2010-05-11
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Minutes of the February 2010 Board Meeting Posted
Strangely we’ve had the March minutes up for many weeks, but just now getting the February minutes posted. This was...
2010-05-11
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Blogs
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
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SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Another Model, More Data Loss
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