Notes from SQLSaturday #107 in Houston
I’ve deliberately waited a bit to write this after the event, just to see what stood out after a week...
2012-05-01
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SQLAndy
2012 (2011) Data Breach Report
I had a chance over the weekend to finish reading the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report. It’s a compilation...
2012-04-25
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List of Sharepoint Blogs
I ran across this list of Sharepoint blogs by Rene Modery while doing some Sharepoint reading. He has an OPML...
2012-04-24
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Call for Mentors for The Mentoring Experiment
We’re about to start our second experiment over at The Mentoring Experiment and we need mentors. Last time we picked...
2012-05-04 (first published: 2012-04-24)
1,848 reads
Im in Houston Today (and this weekend too)
I’ll be spending the day with the 2011 Idera ACE’s (aka the old aces) and the 2012 Idera ACES (the...
2012-04-20
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Book Review: American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company ($18 at Amazon) was a good read, with...
2012-04-17
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Three Mistakes Managers Make
I suppose there is an almost limitless number of mistakes that managers can do and do make, it’s the nature...
2012-04-16
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SQLSaturday #151 Announced–Orlando!
Just got the email, Orlando will be having its sixth annual SQLSaturday this year on September 29th, 2012, at Seminole...
2012-04-16
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SQLRally at Starbucks Networking Event
Craig Purnell and I are hosting an informal networking event at SQLRally this year on Friday May 11th from 7-8:30...
2012-05-04 (first published: 2012-04-12)
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A Strange Day at McDonalds
A few weeks ago I was running errands on a Saturday, with an almost final stop at Home Depot to...
2012-04-12
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Blogs
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...
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
By Steve Jones
I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Another Model, More Data Loss
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