SQLSaturday #62 in Tampa on January 15, 2011
So far SQLSaturday Tampa will be the first SQLSaturday of 2011, and the first one I’ll be attending in 2011...
2010-10-22
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SQL Saturday 58 Next Week
Wow! Minnesota’s SQL Saturday event is next week already. We still have a lot to do to be ready. Some...
2010-10-22
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Speaking for SQL Lunch on Wednesday
This coming Wednesday I'll be speaking for SQL Lunch on the topic of Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server. The abstract for...
2010-10-22
517 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 25, 2010
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Applied MDX - Kevin Geoff
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Refactoring SQL Applications - Jeremiah Peschka
Pragmatic Works - Pro...
2010-10-22
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SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #9 with Scott Weinstein
SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #9 – with Scott Weinstein
To round off the week, we bring you a short interview with...
2010-10-22
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Return of Index Analysis Part 4
Let’s Anaylze An Index!We’ve got through the first three parts of this continued series on the Index Analysis query last...
2010-10-22
620 reads
Review: All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinkski
One more from the ‘new book’ shelf at the library, All Things at Once is an auto biography of Mika...
2010-10-22
709 reads
New Looks
It’s been quite a few years since I updated the Hawaiian shirt wardrobe. I bought a series of 5 shirts...
2010-10-22
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SQLSaturday #49 Orlando – Recap
This past weekend I had the pleasure of presenting at another great SQLSaturday event, number 49 actually and the 3rd...
2010-10-21
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Saying Thank You
I was just writing a thank you message to our speakers for SQLSaturday #49 and wanted to write down a...
2010-10-21
589 reads
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