Dear recruiter: I will not help you do your job for free
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2013-08-13
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Linchpin People Partner
In April 0f 2012 I was fortunate enough to be asked to become Linchpin People LLC’s first ever TeamMate. (blog)....
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OPASS Meeting W/ Luis Figueroa & Jen Underwood–August 22, 2013
Luis Figueroa will be presenting Getting started with Master Data Services 2012 and then Jen Underwood will be presenting Practical...
2013-08-13
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Renaming all references inside stored procedures and functions can be migraine worthy without a little help…
If you run across migrating or copying a database structure for some purpose, yet need to change the database references...
2013-08-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #45–Follow the Yellow Brick Road
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month Mickey Stuewe hosts the party. It’s an interesting topic, and one that...
2013-08-13
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Baton Rouge Startup Weekend
I'm spreading the word out about an event this weekend called Startup Weekend.
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2013-08-13
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How Much Unallocated Space do I Have in My Database Files
In a previous post, I wrote about when and how to shrink your database files. The bottom line was that...
2013-08-13
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Sys.dm_os_performance_counters Demystified
The dmv sys.dm_os_performance_counters is awesome, if you can understand it. This is how I make it easy to read and...
2013-08-13
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70-457 Reviewer #09, Auditing SQL Server 2012
This review topic is still covered under the Optimize and Troubleshoot SQL Server lesson which covers 14% of the exam....
2013-08-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #45 Follow the Yellow Brick Road
We have the distinct pleasure once again to have a party full of SQL enthusiasts. The best part is that few if any of us are even in the...
2013-08-13
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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