PASS Update #41 (Elections)
In 2009 we had a contentious election cycle at PASS, and I won’t go through the details again, but because...
2010-08-20
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Andy Warren
Book Review: Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand on the Business Battlefield
I found Career Warfare: 10 Rules for Building a Successful Personal Brand on the Business Battlefield by David D’Alessandro ($12@...
2010-08-19
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PASS Board Meeting This Week
I’m flying to Nashville today for the Board meeting on August 19 and 20, 2010. I had already planned to...
2010-08-18
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Changes at OPASS
I’ve been managing oPASS since we re-hydrated it back in early 2007. Seems like a long time ago! We’ve made...
2010-08-17
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Still More Notes on Networking at SQLSaturday
Had my final follow up call with Don Gabor, took one more run through the networking and speaker stuff (Don...
2010-08-16
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Reducing My Email Workload
I get a fair amount of email in a week; stuff about work, stuff for oPASS, stuff for PASS, stuff...
2010-08-13
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The Value of Blogging
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that talks about the value of blogging.
2010-08-13
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The Value of Blogging – Today on SQLServerCentral
I wrote the value of blogging hoping to highlight the less often discussed value of practicing writing. Too often we...
2010-08-13
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A Chance to Win a Free Trip to the PASS Summit
Passing along this contest from Idera and MSSQLTips. I don’t do many plugs, but it’s a chance for someone to...
2010-08-11
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Logo Selected for SQLRally
Hopefully everyone saw the announcement already, either via the PASS Connector or the Twitter announcement, but we have – finally! – a...
2010-08-11
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Blogs
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
By Steve Jones
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
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Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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