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  1. SQL University: What and why of database testing

    This is a post for a great idea called SQL University started by Jorge Segarra also famously known as SqlChicken on Twitter. It’s a collection of blog posts on different database related topics contributed by several smart people all over the world. So this week is mine and we ...

  2. When joining fiber switches together you won’t get the bandwidth you think over that link cable.

    So you’re going along with your work and you need to add a new server to your fiber channel switches.  However you don’t have any more ports left on the switch.  You’ve got two options, buy two new switches and link each pair of switches (first existing ...

  3. Check Out These Tools – SQL University

    Some neat (and free) tools to help you out with SQL Server. This is my second contribution to the SQL University “Tools of The Trade” week series. In part one we had a quick chat about why to look at using various tools to help you out working with SQL ...

  4. SQL Self Portrait

    Something fun for Friday. I pulled out almost all the content for this post from the comment section of More images from the Spatial Results Tab. The one thing that I learned (and might be news to you) is the reason that Microsoft’s spatial results tab has such bland faded ...

  5. PASS Summit 2010 Call for Speakers

    PASS announced today it’s Call for Speakers for the 2010 PASS Summit. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and knowledge with SQL Server Community. Do you have some tricks that have made your job a success that you can share? Did you work on an interesting project with ...

  6. What I Do At PASS

    I haven’t blogged about what I do on the Board of Directors until now. I didn’t think people would be interested in it because there are times when it’s not the most thrilling thing on earth to me – ask your manager to describe the most thrilling part of his ...

  7. SQLSaturday #41 Wrap-up: Lessons learned from Atlanta, April 24, 2010

    So this wrap-up took a little longer for me to write than I had hoped; work had piled up a bit post-con, and finals were going on in the class I teach part-time at Gainesville State College. Nonetheless, I’ve been thinking a lot about what happened at the third SQLSaturday ...

  8. RT @msftwise: Microsoft SQL Server has a new connectivity portal page! http://bit.ly/bHiwir

  9. #SharePoint #SP2010 Highly recommended: "5 Things SQL Server does different from what many developers expect" by Ni... http://ow.ly/17w7TI

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