I’m not going to let another #mememonday pass without a post – one thought came to mind. The theme this month is – What gift do you want Microsoft to leave under the tree this year?
I don’t want much. Bill Gates is already taking care of the world, so no beauty pageant wish there. As [...]
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Create Your Own SQL Server Server Roles
So you’ve heard the buzz by now – SQL Server Denali is now available in a Community Technology Preview. This was announced, released and handed out in DVD form at the SQL PASS Summit this past week.
I just got the chance to install it and I played with one feature that I could see as [...]
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A Great Idea – #SQLHelp hashtag on Twitter
I was following a conversation today between Brent Ozar, who is @BrentO on twitter and Aaron Nelson, who is @SQLVariant on twitter.
A great idea was discussed: A twitter hashtag that, as Jorge Segarra (or @SQLChicken on twitter) describes it in his blog post, can act like a bat [...]
T-SQL Tuesday #001 – Dates and Time
Adam Machanic, who blogs at SQLBlog.com (lots of great sql bloggers over there) started a neat tradition: T-SQL Tuesday. Read his post here to see the rules and information but it’s basically a weekly (2nd Tuesday of each month) blog topic where we can all have a post about the same topic. I like this [...]
How do -you- (I) use SQL Server?
I was recently tagged in an interesting blog post by A Misplaced New Englander, David Taylor. (dyfhid on twitter). The question sounds simple enough, “How do you use SQL Server where you work?” Of course the answer is not simple. I echo Grant Fritchey’s response in his blog post that it would be easier to [...]
Worked fine in development…
How many times have you heard or uttered those words? You work hard and understand the business requirements, you try and get the logic to work to make the procedure return what was expected or update the data as expected. You do some unit tests in your environment, it may not scream but it comes [...]
Do you have a TAM?
Disclaimer: I mean what I am going to post. This is not a Microsoft fan boy post. That would include a conversation about my Zune, the Xbox 360 I don’t have or something… I think this is a great resource for a Microsoft shop.
A TAM?
Technical Account Manager. When your company pays for a premier support [...]
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