MVP Award for 2014
Earlier this morning I received a notification from the Microsoft MVP program that I’ve been recognized as a SQL Server...
2014-01-01
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Tim Mitchell
PASS Summit 2013 Keynote, Day 2
Today is the second day of the 2013 SQL PASS Summit, and I’m again live blogging the event.
8:15: Here...
2013-10-17
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PASS Summit 2013 Keynote, Day 1
Today is the first full day of the PASS Summit 2013 conference. This year I’m again joining the blogger table...
2013-10-16
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It’s Election Season
It’s that time of the year again – time to make your voice heard as a PASS member. The PASS board...
2013-09-25
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SQL Saturday 223 OKC
This past weekend I made the relatively short (about 3 hours) trip to the Oklahoma City area to attend and...
2013-08-26
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My event schedule for Fall 2013
As I was browsing my calendar of upcoming events for the remainder of the summer and the fall, I realized...
2013-08-16
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Join me for the 2013 Biml Workshop
Of the many emerging technologies I’m currently using, there’s nothing that excites me more than Biml. If you’re not familiar...
2013-08-21 (first published: 2013-08-14)
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Continue Package Execution After Error in SSIS
When it comes to ETL, I’m a pessimist. Until proven otherwise, I assume that all data is bad, all connections...
2013-08-05
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Are you really an expert?
Through the course of my career, I’ve spent time on both sides of the job interview table, which has given...
2013-08-02
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Key Change
I love music. In fact, I like to think that I’m a student of music – although anyone who has heard...
2013-06-21
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Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
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Getting the Indexed Columns
I run this code on SQL Server 2022 to get a list of all the indexes and their key columns. What is returned?
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