Book Review: The Yankee Years
The Yankee Years by Joe Torre ($12 @ Amazon) was a gift, and I enjoyed it more than expected. When it...
2010-05-28
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Andy Warren
Would You Do Your Hobby for a Living
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that asks about your hobbies, and would you trade your job for one of them?
2010-05-28
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Follow Up On My Keynote Survey
Here are the results of the survey, 75% in favor of a non-technical keynote, with a less than stellar sampling...
2010-05-27
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Does The Job Matter To You?
Last week I wrote an editorial for SQLServerCentral titled Does The Job Matter To You?, asking how much the type...
2010-05-25
552 reads
PASS Update #33 (SQLSaturday Transfer)
I’ve just finished handing over the source code for all the SQLSaturday related items after finishing up a couple minor...
2010-05-24
485 reads
Book Review: Currencies That Buy Credibility
I ordered a copy of Currencies That Buy Credibility ($14 @ Amazon) after a comment from author Tom Wanek on Twitter...
2010-05-21
539 reads
PASS Update #32 (Spring Event & May 2010 Minutes)
If you download the May 2010 minutes of the Board meeting (login required) you’ll see that we devoted an entire...
2010-05-21
584 reads
Does the Job Matter To You?
How important is your job to you? Today's guest editorial from Andy Warren asks the question of the professionals out there, some of whom do great work, but don't care about their jobs.
2010-05-20
292 reads
Preparing for SQLSaturday #49
We’re still in the early stages so the pace is comfortably slow. We’ve got about 30 sessions in already (plenty...
2010-05-20
512 reads
oPASS June 2010 Meeting Date Change
Normally we meet on the second Tuesday of the month, but in June we’re going to have to push the...
2010-05-19
563 reads
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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