Mentoring & Sharing Your Interests (Reading this time)
One of the interesting challenges of mentoring is knowing where the lines are; not trying to counsel about personal problems...
2008-05-05
1,119 reads
SQLAndy
Post Event Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our 3rd SQLSaturday went amazingly well due to the efforts of Brian Knight and his volunteers. Attendance for the day...
2008-05-04
511 reads
Looking for Incremental Improvements
If you've read my blog much you'll know that I'm deeply involved in trying to figure out how to build...
2008-05-01
530 reads
Review of Pro SQL Server 2005 High Availability
I grabbed Pro SQL Server 2005 High Availability by Allan Hirt recently to add to the library and I've been...
2008-04-30
1,365 reads
Building Raffle Tickets for SQLSaturday
Raffle tickets have become a mainstay of our events, making it easy to handle the large volume of items donated...
2008-04-29
1,611 reads
More on Mentoring
Two weeks ago I did five posts on mentoring, and based on that I received a couple interesting notes, here...
2008-04-28
1,368 reads
SQLSaturday #3 Jacksonville - Final Reminder!
Just checked the registrations and we're at 354, with plenty of room for more! Brian has been busy tweaking the...
2008-04-28
1,354 reads
Visiting the Space Coast .Net Users Group in June
My friend Ken Tucker invited me to speak on June 11, I'll be doing a short presentation on SQL performance...
2008-04-28
1,567 reads
Orlando Heroes Launch Event
I attended this on Friday along with fellow oPASS members Mike Antonovich and Ulysses Vasquez to represent PASS, and we...
2008-04-27
1,507 reads
SQL Server in the Cloud
The April 15, 2008 edition of SDTimes (PDF download here) has some information about SSDS, the SQL Server in the...
2008-04-27
1,507 reads
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Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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