Scary DBA Halloween Special
Not so much my special as SQL Saturday #59's Special. These guys in NYC are pulling out all the stops....
2010-10-29
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SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Convert Job Duration to Seconds
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the second post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-10-29
3,582 reads
Live, Loud, and In Stereo
If you followed the PASS Summit activities last year, you’ll probably remember the “blogger table”. This was an area designated...
2010-10-29
1,524 reads
Warning: Two Way Traffic
I saw this at the college where we held SQLSaturday #49 on the restroom door. I’m not sure what to...
2010-10-29
1,523 reads
Why You Should Vote for My SQLRally Pre-Con
Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...
2010-10-29
2,492 reads
SQLRally, Pre-Cons, and Taking Risks
Before I get into my thoughts, go vote! Here are the options this year for the SQLRally pre-cons:
BI Sessions: http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/PreConsforVotingBI.aspxDBA...
2010-10-29
1,459 reads
SQL Saturday 58 TODAY! #sqlsat58
Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is TODAY. Obviously, this was written before today and I’m hoping to catch a...
2010-10-29
1,481 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of November 1, 2010
Tuesday
PASS Performance Virtual Chapter - Five Fast Fixes for Fatal Flaws - Brent Ozar
Wednesday
SQL Lunch - Data Mining in SQL Server and Power...
2010-10-29
1,813 reads
Shopping
In about a week and a half, the SQLServerCentral opening night party takes place at the PASS Summit. And while...
2010-10-29
1,657 reads
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #14 with Grant Fritchey
Sunday, October 31, 2010 is Halloween, and in the spirit of the holiday of ghosts, goblins, vampires, werewolves, witches and...
2010-10-29
2,417 reads
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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