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 →
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 →
The SQLSoldier World Tour kicks off this next Friday when I head up to Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. I will be doing 1 session on Saturday called Implementing Contained Databases. If you haven’t worked with this feature yet, I think I have quite a few things to tell you that you weren’t aware of … Read More →
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 →
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 →
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 →
SQL Saturday 108 (Redmond, WA) Session Files Session files are now available for download. The zip file contains the PowerPoint slide deck and demo code. Zip file: ReplicationMagic.zip (5.2 KB) Included files: Demo: Initializing replication from a log backup InitializeFromLogPub.sql InitializeFromLogSub.sql Demo: Initializing replication from a filegroup backup using named filegroups FGByNameBackup.sql FGByNameRestore.sql Demo: Initializing … Read More →
Idera ACE Program Members Announced Idera announced the lineup for their new ACE (Advisors & Community Educators) Program today, and I’m excited to be on of the Idera ACEs. The new Idera ACEs are established members of the SQL community who are already educators and advisors through various programs. Idera is enabling the ACEs to … Read More →
SQLU VLDB Week – Intro to VLDBs, part 2 Welcome to another exciting week SQL University postings. This week, we will be talking about working with VLDBs, or Very Large DataBases. Opinions vary greatly on what constitutes a VLDB and how to work with them. Last month, I posted some polls to get feedback from … Read More →
SQL Saturday #68 Schedule Announced The schedule for SQL Saturday #68 in Olympia, WA on April 9th, 2011 has been posted. You can catch me in room 352 at 10:30 AM where I will present on Strategies for Working with VLDBs. Hope to see you there!! Room 151 Room 252 Room 351 Room 352 … Read More →
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