More & Better News about the PASS Summit from Edgewood
I try not to just post links to other content, but the guys at Edgewood did a pretty good job...
2007-09-23
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SQLAndy
Wayne Synder Elected President of PASS
Congratulations to Wayne on becoming President! I've known him for years and you couldn't ask for a guy with more...
2007-09-23
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SSC Site Upgrade
I see they finally rolled out the new site. Lots of annoying quirks so far, the biggest for me is...
2007-09-23
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Notes from PASS - Part 3
Today was interesting. I headed for breakfast and after a few stops to chat with friends, wound up sitting with...
2007-09-21
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Notes from PASS 2007 - Part 2
Denver is a great location for a conference. The convention center is two blocks from the 16th street mall - must...
2007-09-19
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Technical Speaking - Again
One of the points mentioned in the volunteer meeting on Tuesday was that it makes a lot of sense to...
2007-09-19
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Notes from PASS 2007
I attended the morning portion of the volunteer/chapter meeting today and got to put some names with faces for some...
2007-09-18
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Technical Speaking - Some Misc Thoughts
Last week I taught 'Successful Technical Speaking' for the first time - it's a free four class I put together for...
2007-09-17
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Off to the PASS Summit in Denver
I'm flying out tomorrow for the event and looking forward to it, nice break from the office/work routine, a chance...
2007-09-16
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How Many Good Hours Do Employees Work?
You might call me a bean counter, but it's a fact that every manager needs to manage the distractions that...
2007-09-11
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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