Category Archives: SQL Community

I’m Not Presenting at PASS Summit 2013

Last week I got the news that none of the four sessions I submitted for this year were accepted. Disappointing for sure, but not cause for despair. Because I’ve been lucky enough to have been accepted to speak many times … Continue reading

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Books On The Desk

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A SQL Shirt Style For Any Occasion

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SQLSaturday Philadelphia, Cocoa Beach, Orlando, and Charleston

I’ll be attending and presenting at SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia in June, then I’ll be attending the first ever SQLSaturday in Cocoa Beach in late July, and then I’ll definitely be at SQLSaturday Orlando on September 21st. No plans for … Continue reading

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Mo-SQL On A Stick

If you’re involved in the database world it’s hard to have missed the rise of the “no-sql” database products, designed to – depending on your view or the product I suppose – make databases simpler, break out of the transaction … Continue reading

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Speaking Tomorrow Night at MagicPASS

I’ll be driving south a few miles tomorrow night to talk to the great group at MagicPASS about the basics of statistics in SQL Server – what they are, how they can help (or hurt) performance, and how to maintain … Continue reading

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The End of SQLRally in the US

I saw it in the Connector, but just had time to read the minutes to see what was behind the decision to end the SQLRally franchise in the US. The minutes had precious little to say: The Board evaluated the … Continue reading

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Picking a Conference Venue

I was reading about the American Association of Woodturners annual symposium that will be held in Tampa this year (and yes, I plan to attend) and ran across this document that describes their process for picking a site each year. … Continue reading

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Notes from SQLSaturday #192

This past weekend I was back in Tampa for the sixth annual SQLSaturday. It’s a trip I always look forward to – its only about a 2 hour drive, the event is in Ybor City with tons of dining options, … Continue reading

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Trust in Access

One of the minor features/quirks/annoyances of MS Access is that if you create a single macro or code module you get a prompt to ‘Enable Content’, designed to prevent malicious code from running without you knowing it. I tend to … Continue reading

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