Notes from the June 2008 oPASS Meeting
Our main presentation was on 'Unlocking the Power of SQL Compact' by Steve Lasker & Ginny Caughey. Went better than I expected...
2008-06-04
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SQLAndy
Managing Money
First, the usual disclaimer: I'm not a financial professional, so take all of the following with a grain of salt...
2008-06-03
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World Wild Telescope & Misc Microsoft Stuff
Just took a look at the World Wild Telescope and it looks interesting, perhaps just as importantly looks cool! Don't...
2008-06-03
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Reminder - SQLSaturday #4 in Orlando June 7-8, 2008
Last call! We've got a 2 day event running this time. Saturday is the more traditional (it's only #4 after...
2008-06-02
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Security by Obscurity?
If you're not familiar with the term it means to make something safe/secure by using a trick to hide the...
2008-06-01
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Link: Avoiding Burnout
Ran across this article about burnout and thought it worth posting. Burnout is not fun to experience and heading it...
2008-05-29
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Good Links on Speaking
Brian Kelley posted Giving a Presentation about a week ago and is worth reading, in particular his suggestion about Toastmasters...
2008-05-28
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2008
Received news today that one of my submitted sessions - Should You Move Into Management - was accepted for the summit. Good...
2008-05-27
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Thoughts on Virtualization
I get a lot of questions about virtualization and really have few answers. At a high level it's not hard...
2008-05-25
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Visiting Birmingham SQL Group in June
I'll be doing a presentation for the Steel City SQL Group on June 17 and then on June 18th I'm doing...
2008-05-23
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Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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