Monthly Archives: April 2011

PASS Summit Call For Speakers Is Open

Posted on April 29, 2011 by andywarren

The call for speakers is open for the 2011 PASS Summit, being held in Seattle this year Oct 11-14. It’s your chance to be a star, go to the big show, etc, etc. Seriously, it’s a lot of fun to … Continue reading →

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SQLRally 2011 Update

Posted on April 25, 2011 by andywarren

Can it really be less than 30 days to the first SQLRally? As I look back it seems like a very long journey and now that we’re close, the remaining time seems to be going by very quickly. I met … Continue reading →

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Join Me at SQLSaturday #74 in Jacksonville

Posted on April 21, 2011 by andywarren

SQLSaturday #74! I’ll be doing my presentation on professional development at 9 am on April 30th, and then I’ll be there the rest of the day learning and meeting some new people. It’s at the same location as in previous … Continue reading →

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Presenting at MagicPASS Tonight

Posted on April 20, 2011 by andywarren

I’ll be finishing up part three of  my informal and fast paced overview of performance tuning concepts tonight for the MagicPASS group, held in Celebration. Local speaker and friend Mike Antonovich will be doing the feature presentation on Powerpivot. All … Continue reading →

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Identity Columns Aren’t Automatically Primary Keys

Posted on April 20, 2011 by andywarren

Identity columns (automatically incrementing numbers) are fairly common in SQL Server, having the merit of simplicity and pretty good performance. As such they are often used as primary keys, and that’s fine too (unless you subscribe to natural keys at … Continue reading →

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Oracle & SQL Server, And a DBA is a DBA

Posted on April 19, 2011 by andywarren

I recently spent some time tutoring two Oracle DBA’s on SQL Server so that they would be able to do some crossover work with their SQL Server team. I think a smart move on the part of their employer to … Continue reading →

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The Mentoring Experiment

Posted on April 18, 2011 by andywarren

Today Steve Jones & I are launching a new project called The Mentoring Experiment, an attempt to see if we can promote and accelerate mentoring. We’re starting with a focus on SQL Server professionals because we have a strong network … Continue reading →

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Join Me

Posted on April 15, 2011 by andywarren

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Thinking on Culture

Posted on April 14, 2011 by andywarren

Over the past few years I’ve grown to believe that few things have a greater impact on the success of a business than it’s culture. I’ve seen good cultures and bad, cultures that were hyper-reactive and some that were deliberate, … Continue reading →

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Early Adoption Program for Denali

Posted on April 12, 2011 by andywarren

Local evangelist Joe Healy sent me a link to this post by Roger Doherty that talks about the early adoption program for Denali (SQL 2011?). The short story is that they are looking for people to build projects that might … Continue reading →

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