Reflecting on Ten Years of SQLSaturday
It’s hard to believe it’s been more than 10 years since we started the planning for the first event in...
2016-12-16 (first published: 2016-11-30)
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SQLAndy
Notes from our 3rd Student to IT Pro Seminar
Concurrent with SQLSaturday Orlando we ran our third student seminar. This is our way of giving back to the college...
2016-11-29
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Notes From SQLSaturday Orlando 2016
This year we held our 10th SQLSaturday, a very nice milestone to hit. I’ll reflect in a separate post on...
2016-11-28
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Why we need a PASS Sponsor Portal
Major sponsors in our space get hundreds of emails from us each year, all asking for money. Those are all...
2016-11-11
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The PASS Global Alliance Program (GAP)
One of the topics I forgot to mention from the Roundtable was a swell of dissatisfaction with the GAP. Not...
2016-11-10
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The ROI of SQLSaturday
Following up on my notes about the 2016 SQLSaturday Roundtable I wanted to write more about the ROI of SQLSaturday....
2016-11-09
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Notes from the 2016 SQLSaturday Roundtable Meeting
Each year PASS holds a meeting for SQLSaturday event leaders and key players on Tuesday morning. It’s a valuable meeting,...
2016-11-08
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Thoughts on the 2016 PASS Summit
I’ll have several more posts this week on specific activities at the Summit, but wanted to start with how the...
2016-11-07
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MVP No More
Back in September I received a call from my MVP lead that I wasn’t being renewed. Not a big surprise,...
2016-11-07
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Writing More This Month
I haven’t written much in a while, having had to put more time into both personal and professional obligations over...
2016-11-07
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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