SQL Server Locking & Blocking At DevLink 2010
Wow! Thanks to everyone who came to my SQL Server Locking & Blocking session at devLINK this morning! I’m completely humbled...
2010-08-05
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Midlands PASS Meeting - August 10
Topic: Creating a SQL Server Utility Environment
Can SQL Server be offered as a service (SQLaaS)? Can SQL Server be treated like...
2010-08-05
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Middle of the Pack
I noticed the scores for the first part of the PASS nomination process were posted recently. These were the aggregate...
2010-08-05
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SQL Saturday # 28 in Baton Rouge, Saturday Aug 14th, looks to be one of the best events of the year.
If you are looking for a rewarding way to spend next Saturday, August 14th 2010, do yourself a favour and...
2010-08-05
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GTD: Emergency Scanning versus Processing
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I'm making an earnest effort to work through Getting Things Done in an effort...
2010-08-05
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SQL Lunch #26 Analysis Services Security
Today at 12:30 EST I will be presenting for SQL Lunch on the topic of Analysis Services Security. Make sure to be...
2010-08-05
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Update
Planning is going forward for SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and the event is coming together well. My main task is sponsors...
2010-08-05
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The Gotcha’s of Gotcha’s
Have you ever tried to create a dataset in SSRS 2008 (based upon an OLAP cube) and ran into that...
2010-08-05
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Notes on Mentoring
Being a good mentor is hard, perhaps harder than being a parent, because with children it’s fair to share with...
2010-08-05
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The SQL Rally Logo Vote
I like way that the SQL Rally is being run. Having the community interact with the organizers and try to...
2010-08-05
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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
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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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Backing Up a DMK
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