Upcoming April speaking engagements
I have a very busy next week in the works! Here are the upcoming speaking engagements that I am working...
2013-04-19
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SQL Server – Differences between Clustered and Non-Clustered Indexes
Both Clustered and Nonclustered Indexes have same physical structure in SQL Server. Both are stored as a B-Tree structure in...
2013-04-19
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Cumulative Update – 6 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2013-04-19
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Friday Fun – Football Derbies
This is an off-topic post for a Friday. With Cardiff City reaching the premier league this week and all the...
2013-04-19
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Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
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Backing Up Azure SQL Database to the Cloud
When I first started working with Azure SQL Databases, I wasn’t sure what it would take to backup a database....
2013-04-18
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dynamic sql and a char crash
Dynamic SQL can be helpful, but a pain to debug. I spent hours today working on figuring out why my...
2013-04-18
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SQL Saturday #175–Fargo
One of the goals early on with SQL Saturday was to spread them far and wide. Andy Warren and I...
2013-04-18
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Microsoft let new SQL Server version name slip?
There has been lots of speculation in the SQL Server community as to what the official name of the next...
2013-04-18
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PASS Business Analytics Conference: the ultimate networking
I went to the PASS Business Analytics Conference last week, and had an absolute blast. I presented two sessions, and...
2013-04-18
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Checking the Error Log II
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