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T-SQL Tuesday #41 – Presenting Comes Full Circle and I Love It!

April 9, 2013 12:35 pm / 2 Comments / SQLSoldier
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It’s time for that monthly geek party again we like to call T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday is one of the greatest assemblage of geeks since the Tri-Lambda and Alpha-Mu mixer … this week. T-SQL Tuesday #41, hosted this month by Bob Pusateri (Blog|@SQLBob). You are invited to visit his blog to join the blog party. … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, T-SQL Tuesday

SQL Saturday #198, Vancouver, BC Session Files

February 18, 2013 9:50 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier
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This past weekend was SQL Saturday #198 in Vancouver, B.C. It started off with a leisurely drive up to Vancouver on Friday and getting settled in to my hotel room. I was in the first slot of the day, and had a decent turnout despite the early hours. Whenever I have the first or last … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: Dynamic Management Views, Internals, Security, SQL PASS, SQL Saturday

Recent Presentation Session Files

November 14, 2012 10:49 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Recent Presentation Session Files I’ve been a little tardy about getting my session files posted, and I’m a little behind. So I’m going to try to catch up in one blog post. So here are my session files for SQL PASS Summit 2012, various recent SQL Saturdays, and 24 Hours of PASSe. Please let me … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: Disaster Recovery, Performance & Optimization, Security, SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, SQL Saturday, tempDB, Tips & Tricks

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community

November 13, 2012 10:09 am / 1 Comment / SQLSoldier

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #36, hosted this month by Chris Yates(Blog|@YatesSQL). You are invited to visit his blog to join the blog party. You are welcome to write your own participating blog post for the party or just to read more blogs participating in this … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, T-SQL, T-SQL Tuesday

Don’t Be That PASS Summit Guy

October 22, 2012 11:17 am / 3 Comments / SQLSoldier

Don’t Be That PASS Summit Guy The SQL PASS Summit 2012 is just around the corner. Every year there are lots of first-timers attending. So many that PASS started a first-timers program linking new attendees with veterans who can mentor them in the PASS Summit experience. For may people, the networking aspect is just as … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

Man Vs Machine

August 23, 2012 1:00 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Man Vs Machine Are you a fan of the television show Man Vs Food starring foodie Adam Richman? In this show, host and title subject “Man” Adam Richman travels the United States taking on food challenges where he finds them. Sometimes these challenges entail eating more food than is generally humanly possible. Other times it … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit, T-SQL

Why Attending a Monday Pre-con Will Be Awesome

July 16, 2012 6:20 am / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Why Attending a Monday Pre-con Will Be Awesome The SQL PASS Summit 2012 is coming up in a few months. It’s time to make your plans to attend. One of the things that many of you may be considering is attending a pre-con. There are two days of pre-cons, and it would undoubtedly be truly … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL PASS Summit

SQL Rally 2012 Recap and Session Files

May 15, 2012 4:54 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

SQL Rally 2012 Recap and Session Files SQL Rally 2012 was hosted by the North Texas SQL Server User Group. More tha anything, it was nice to be back in the area where I grew up. I was born in Houston, but I grew up in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It really brought back a … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQLRally, tempDB

Session Files from SQL Saturday #107 Houston

May 15, 2012 12:03 pm / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

Session Files from SQL Saturday #107 Houston SQL Saturday Houston was a great event hosted by the Houston Area SQL Server Users Group. The event did not have a very large attendence, but those who traded in a beautiful Saturday for some free training were very engaged and we had very productive sessions. My session … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL Saturday

SQL Saturday #107 in Houston, TX

April 9, 2012 8:47 am / Leave a Comment / SQLSoldier

SQL Saturday #107 in Houston, TX SQL Saturday #107 in Houston, TX is almost here. I will be leaving for Houston on Friday, April 13, and I’ll be spending the entire week preceeding SQL Saturday #107 in Houston visiting the headquarters of my new employer, Idera. One of the coolest parts of this trip is … Read More →

Posted in: SQL Server / Tagged: SQL PASS, SQL Saturday

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