One of the things I’ve tried to do during the past few years of my career is keep up with the recruiters who work in Charlotte, NC. The way I figure it, I’ll need them sooner or later, so why not do what I can to help them out, even when I don’t need something…
SQL 101 Training
Wednesday November 24th, from 5 – 7pm I’ll be offering my SQL 101 course. I was thinking about adding a remote option for those of you who can’t make it up to Concord. I’d like to know how many of you there will be so I can arrange GoToMeeting, or something similar so you can…
SQL PASS 2010
I’ve been keeping up with the PASS developments from Twitter (check out #sqlPASS), and from the many bloggers I follow regularly. I have to say this week has been most exciting! There’s a lot of awesome stuff coming soon available now, with the release of SQL Server 2010 (Denali). I’ve already downloaded my copy, and…
The Query Your Query Could Run Like
If you don’t know about the Old Spice Guy, seriously…go hit youtube.com now. The past few weeks we’ve been preparing for a conversion of data from two systems into two different systems. I built a part of that process. Tonight was the first run. Everything went smoothly once we worked out a few details that…
Off Topic
Normally I’d share with you some of the questions I’ve been reviewing for the 70-433. Either that, or teach you something new about SQL. But I’m heading into another weekend and thought I’d talk about something else. First up, I’d like to share a new app with you ShopKick. This is the only location based…
Study Session Oct 10 – 16
To help me prepare for my upcoming 70-433, I’m opening up my evenings to study sessions. I’m thinking we can descend on a local coffee house and discuss questions we’re missing on the practice exams. I’m willing to share my insight on the questions I’m getting right, my scores, etc. I’m putting this forth to…
My Weekend
I decided to take a long weekend this weekend. I haven’t taken any time off from work since the end of May. I took that a long weekend then to get married. I believe that was a great reason to take off, right? Well this weekend I had another great reason to take off. It…
Charlotte SQL Server User Group — 9/23
Join us as the Charlotte SQL Server Users group welcomes renowned Microsoft Business Intelligence expert, author and trainer, Stacia Misner as she presents “BI in SharePoint 2010.” Ms. Misner is a highly regarded speaker, presenting at SQL PASS Community Summit, Microsoft Tech-Ed, and SQL Connections. It is an honor to have her share her expertise…
SQL Saturday #46 Raleigh, NC
I want to thank all the folks who put together SQL Saturday this past weekend. It’s difficult to summarize how much I learned, and how that knowledge will impact what I do. But I have an idea. I’m going to try to share those things I learned on this site. That way I can help…
70-433:Dynamic Management Views
I just laid hands on a great little guide to the Dynamic Management Views in SQL Server 2008. It’s a great introduction / quick reference guide sort of book. With it, as long as you know what information you’re looking for, you can jump right to the view that can help you find the data…