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Looking forward, with renewed enthusiasm
With SQL PASS Summit 2009 now over, it’s time to return to the real world. Fortunately I booked a few extra days off; it’s time needed to recover from the cold I picked up in Seattle and gather my thoughts about all of the things I learned and ...
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SSIS Expressions Cheatsheet
Maybe you’re new to SSIS, like I am, or maybe you just need a little refresher on expressions in SSIS. I just ran across the SSIS Expressions Cheatsheet. This is a page on the PragmaticWorks website. It’s also available as a downloadable .pdf file. For me, anyway, it’s a great ...
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Hi, Eric Stratton, Rush chairman…
A few times this past week I heard the quote, “Hi, Eric Stratton, Rush chairman, damn glad to meet you”. That line kind of summarizes what the PASS Summit was like for me this year. It’s been like coming to a week long rush event for the best fraternity in ...
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Didn’t attend SQL PASS? Twitter was the next best thing.
I didn’t attend the 2009 SQL PASS Summit in Seattle but I am following a bunch of people on Twitter who did. There tweeting and twitpics were the next best thing. The Twitter feed was like a stock ticker that kept me current on what was happening at SQL ...
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Thrive
Apparently, I am the IT Pro of the Month for Microsoft Thrive: https://www.microsoft.com/click/thrive/default.aspx That, along with $2, will buy you a cup of coffee in most places, providing you do NOT forget the $2. If you are not familiar with Thrive then I ...
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Safety IS spelled with an “E”
This is going to be another “I love PASS and had a great time at the Summit” post so hopefully you’re not tired of reading those yet. So as most of you know this was my first Summit experience and I can’t say enough great things about it ...
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The King of Bedside Manor
Database administrators, like doctors, have to break some ugly news. We have to tell developers that their code won’t scale, tell project managers that they didn’t buy enough hardware, and tell CFOs that we’ve actually got about three times as many servers as we’re licensed for ...
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#sqlpass is over. Some thought, comments, and reviews.
The 2009 SQL PASS Summit has ended. Our friends and extended family have made there way home, or are on there way home. As I sit in the airport on Saturday on my way home to Southern California it seams like a good time to put down some thoughts about ...
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