It’s coming up in just a couple weeks… the SQL Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. On April 6th, a couple hundred of your closest SQL Server peers will be meeting in the state of beer and cheese to do a little learning and networking around SQL Server. I’ll be there, with unicorn on hand and my [...]
Functions might seem to be the answer to all of your desires to consolidate code, and at times they could be. But if you don’t know enough about them, they may turn out to be the source of all of your problems and opening the door to architecture choke full of disaster. This week, I’ll [...]
Ever have your SQL Server slow down for reasons that you can’t explain? Or did you spend all night tuning a query to perfection only to have it bog down in production? Want to find out what’s going on? If so, read on… This week, I’ll be presenting my session “What Are You Waiting For [...]
Last week, I presented on extended events at the Minnesota SQL Server user group (PASSMN). The turnout was quite excellent and I expect at least a few people will be interested in the materials that were presented. So… here they are
Come on out to the Minnesota PASS SQL Server User Group (PASSMN) tomorrow and hear me speak about extended events. It’ll be my first meeting since joining Pragmatic Works a couple months back and first presentation as a Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008. The meeting starts at 4:00 PM with my presentation beginning at [...]
If you are interested in listening to my sultry Minnesota voice this Thursday, you have the opportunity to do it… and twice! Think of it as a late Valentine’s present. Over the course of the day, I’ll be doing two webcast. The first presentation will be through Digineer, the consulting firm I work for, to [...]
Got some great news today! Turns out Sarah (Blog | @DanceM0m) and I will be heading to Atlanta in a couple months to check out the World of Coca-Cola. I’ve wanted to check this place out for years. As my kids often say, I’ve got a Coke problem. In related news, I’ll also be speaking [...]
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I had two sessions at the PASS Summit this past year in which I spoke. The first session went great, but the second was even better. The second session was as the last time slot on the last day and I didn’t expect to see anyone in the room. [...]
This past year, I spoke at the PASS Summit for the second time. The first time was a couple years ago and it was not the best presentation that I had ever given. This year, though, things went a little bit differently. Originally, I was slotted for a single session, but after someone dropped out [...]
The new year is just around the corner. And before you know it, we’ll have an opportunity to start moving SQL Server 2012 into production. While we anxiously await that day, it is a good idea to make sure that you are up on the latest T-SQL enhancements that are coming in the next release. [...]
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