Working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes – revamped!
In the Richmond, VA area, I am the organizer for our SQL Saturdays. Among other jobs that this entails, this also means that I am working with SQLSaturday SpeedPASSes....
2019-05-21
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What’s Unique About SQL Saturdays: Nearly Everyone Interacts with Other People
Today I was looped in on an email thread about the pros and cons of attending a specific event. One person on the thread asked if any of us...
2019-05-21
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Happy Hour at SQL in the City Austin
Tomorrow is SQL in the City 2019 – Austin. If you’ve registered, you’re going to want to come. From Kendra’s great opening keynote to Brian’s demo to a couple...
2019-05-21
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Containers: Getting an Image
I’m working with Docker running on Windows or Linux. There are other ways to do this, but Docker seems to be a pretty strong standard. I’ll leave it to...
2019-05-21
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Building Your Brand Right
I was interviewed yesterday by Stephen Wynkoop (twitter) for the upcoming SSWUG Virtual Conference on May 23rd. One of the questions was about how to keep management engaged on...
2019-06-07 (first published: 2019-05-21)
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Workshop – Kubernetes Zero to Hero – Installation, Configuration, and Application Deployment
Pre-conference Workshop at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge
I’m proud to announce that I will be be presenting an all day pre-conference workshop at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 16th 2019! This...
2019-05-21
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Workshop – Kubernetes Zero to Hero – Installation, Configuration, and Application Deployment
Pre-conference Workshop at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge I’m proud to announce that I will be be presenting an all day pre-conference workshop at SQL Saturday Chicago on March 23rd 2018! This one...
2019-05-21
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Predicate Execution Order on Mixed Data Type Columns
Watch this week’s episode on YouTube. SQL Server’s cost-based query optimizer does a pretty good job of figuring out what order to filter your data to get fast query...
2019-06-04 (first published: 2019-05-21)
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Predicate Execution Order on Mixed Data Type Columns
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server's cost-based query optimizer does a pretty good job of figuring out what order to filter your data to get fast query executions....
2019-05-21
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Predicate Execution Order on Mixed Data Type Columns
Watch this week's video on YouTube
SQL Server's cost-based query optimizer does a pretty good job of figuring out what order to filter your data to get fast query executions....
2019-05-21
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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