T-SQL Tuesday #7 - StreamInsight
The 7th T-SQL Tuesday is upon us and you can read about it on SQL Chicken’s blog. He’s hosting this...
2010-06-08
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Building an Energy Efficient Workstation
Over this past weekend, I decided to build a new general purpose workstation from parts, with a goal of getting...
2010-06-08
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Impressions of My First Day at TechEd 2010
TechEd 2010 started today, June 7, and will run through Thursday, June 10, 2010. In the past TechEd has run...
2010-06-08
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SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 released
SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 has been released. This is a bug fix release that addresses a problem with the search...
2010-06-08
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Get Index Details
We all know that indexes on tables help performance. However, sometimes too much indexing could affect performance as well. One...
2010-06-07
599 reads
Tech Ed Conference 2010 – New Orleans
SUNDAY 6/6/2010
While sitting in the conference center for Tech Ed 2010, I thought, why not blog about my trip. Even...
2010-06-07
495 reads
June 2010 S3OLV Meeting
The S3OLV monthly meeting is being held this Thursday. We will be meeting at the same location and time as...
2010-06-07
488 reads
Defensive Database Programming Chapter 01
Today I am finally getting around to the review of the first chapter as promised. I talked about the book...
2010-06-07
800 reads
StreamInsight
This is one of my favorite technologies for SQL Server 2008 R2. This session was from Torsten Grabs, the program...
2010-06-07
2,117 reads
Interactive Sort Order using Reporting Services 2008
Sorting results in a tabular style report is a common request from business users. Sometimes, they want to see the...
2010-06-07
847 reads
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