How I Prepared to Run for the PASS Board
The Boy Scouts have “Be Prepared” as their motto and, while I was never a scout, I think it’s always...
2010-07-23
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of July 26, 2010
Tuesday
Pragmatic Works - SSIS Management for the DBA - 11 AM EDT - Brian Knight
PASS Application Development VC - The Benefits of SQL Azure...
2010-07-23
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The week that was Friday 23 July 2010
Its been a busy week this week. From troubleshooting several production issues to writing some incremental load SSIS scripts, the...
2010-07-23
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Book Review: Victorious (The Lost Fleet)
Victorious by Jack Campbell ($8 at Amazon) is the finale in the six part series about Black Jack Geary leading...
2010-07-23
685 reads
SQLRally Logo Contest - Fame & Fortune Up For Grabs!
Now that the PASS SQLRally (formerly known as the spring event) has a name it's time to start building a...
2010-07-22
679 reads
Good Eats at SQLLunch today
Hey folks, Check out SQLLunch.com today at 12:30 EST for my presentation on Introduction to dimensional modeling. It's going to...
2010-07-22
385 reads
Seven Reasons You Should Attend SQLBits 7
SQLBits is Europe’s Largest SQL Server Event
That’s right, just take a moment to let that point hit home. If you...
2010-07-22
877 reads
Local Library Policies
Over the past couple years our local library system has been under financial pressure, resulting in some changes, and maybe...
2010-07-22
990 reads
SQL Saturday Advice - Work with Sponsors
The hardest thing, I think, for most new organizers of a SQL Saturday is the fundraising. A few years ago...
2010-07-22
1,098 reads
Project Houston For SQL Azure
Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool...
2010-07-22
667 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...
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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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