SQLRally, Pre-Cons, and Taking Risks
Before I get into my thoughts, go vote! Here are the options this year for the SQLRally pre-cons:
BI Sessions: http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/PreConsforVotingBI.aspxDBA...
2010-10-29
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SQLAndy
Bloggers-Don’t Blog About Spam!
Earlier this week I posted Bloggers, Quit Worrying About Spam, discussing what I felt was an over-focus on preventing spam...
2010-10-27
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Do You Have Other Opportunities Open?
Imagine you’re talking with a recruiter about a position that seems like a good fit and during that conversation they...
2010-10-27
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SQLSaturday National Blog Sponsors
With SQLSaturday #49 we tried something I call micro-sponsors, charging $5 for a blogger to sponsor the event. It’s a...
2010-10-26
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Bloggers, Quit Worrying About Spam
I don’t comment as often as I should on blog posts. I say should because as a blogger I know...
2010-10-25
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PASS 2011 Budget Posted
Bill Graziano posted our 2011 budget today. This runs from Jul 1, 2010, through Jun 30, 2011. I hope you’ll...
2010-10-22
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SQLSaturday #62 in Tampa on January 15, 2011
So far SQLSaturday Tampa will be the first SQLSaturday of 2011, and the first one I’ll be attending in 2011...
2010-10-22
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Review: All Things at Once by Mika Brzezinkski
One more from the ‘new book’ shelf at the library, All Things at Once is an auto biography of Mika...
2010-10-22
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Saying Thank You
I was just writing a thank you message to our speakers for SQLSaturday #49 and wanted to write down a...
2010-10-21
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SSC Editorial – Cheap Fun
I wrote Cheap Fun after buying a really cheap – $1 – wood airplane kit at the store for the kids. Amazing...
2010-10-21
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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...
Forums
% processor Time in Activity monitor is greyed out
When I connect to my SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from...
Tools for MySQL memory estimations and optimization?
Hi all! I’ve been using MySQLCalculator.com for memory calculations, but I’m looking for alternatives...
Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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