In a few short days the newest SQL Saturday event. This one will be on the far West coast of the United States. This marks the first time for me to present at a SQL […]
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T-SQL Tuesday #54 – Interviews and Hiring
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Boris Hristov (blog|twitter) and his chosen topic is “Interviews and Hiring” – specifically interviewing and hiring of SQL Server Professionals. This is a pretty interesting topic from a few […]
Omaha BI/SQL User Group – What?
I recently received an email from this guy named John Morehouse (blog | twitter) about the Omaha SQL/BI User Group Meeting in May. Imagine my surprise when reading the email and discovering that I was presenting. […]
T-SQL Tuesday #53 – Work Hard, Play Hard, Joke Hard
It is April and April Fools has only just begun. Well, or so Matt Velic (blog | twitter) would have us believe. Matt decided that this month for TSQL Tuesday, he would pull out all […]
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Bets and Results
The line for this months TSQL Tuesday required wagers be made concerning the risks and bets that have either been made or not made. At close, we saw 17 people step up and place remarkable […]
Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks Oh My!
Abstract Managing concurrency is one of the most challenging aspects of working with any enterprise DBMS. There is much confusion out there about locking, blocking, and deadlocks. In this demo heavy session we will clear […]
Risking Health, Life and Family
Since announcing the topic last week for T-SQL Tuesday, I have thought about many different possibilities for my post. All of them would have been really good examples. The problem has not been the quality […]
Murder in Richmond
I am about to set sail on a new venture with my next official whistle stop. This year has been plenty full of whistle stops and I plan on continuing. You can read (in full) about […]
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets
Place Your Bets All bets on the table please. This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be allowed. This marks the 51st invitation for TSQL Tuesday. This also marks what should […]
January 2014 S3OLV and Tabular Models
This is really late notice. We had some extenuating circumstances this month and then a last minute cancellation. Now that everything is squared away, we have some great news. If you are in the Las […]