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Happy New Year
2011 is going to be a big year! I'm getting my certification exams out of the way. I'm heading to PASS Summit 2011. I'm pushing myself harder this year, because
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Product Review: DTS xChange
Late last week I was informed our new servers would be available January 3, and I should be ready to set up my new SQL 2008R2 two-node cluster. I can't begin to
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SQL 402:Deprecation in SQL Server
Last week at the Charlotte SQL Server User Group, Aaron Bertrand covered What's New in Denali. During that presentation he mentioned a few of the things that
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Making Due
Over the course of my career, I've been asked to build something that has already been built. I always point out that the task being assigned has already been
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Custom Resume, or Generic?
In my last career article, I talked about balancing the truth and salesmanship. I wanted to try to explain how you can be honest, and at the same time make
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Types of Optimization
One of the things I love most about my current position is the fundamental shift in the types of optimization I'm doing. Early on in my career I was
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Happy Christmas
Over the past few years, Happy Christmas has become one of my favorite Christmas songs. I like the message "War is over, if you want it." Call me naive, but I
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Sidetracks and Success
It may be too cold to think about road trips right now, but let me take you back to early Summer. The temperature is just right to hit the road roll the windows
Optimization Isn’t Always Easy
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Foreign Keys and Witchcraft
I've worked with hundreds databases in my career. I could probably design a handful of them from memory if asked. I have notes to remind me of lessons learned
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No Turning Back
Well I did it! As of this morning I've submitted my session "The Career Your Career Could Smell Like." I've been working on this one for a while now. Usually I
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Hitting the Ground Running
I’ve been on the job a couple days now, and I feel like I’m well on my way to contributing to my new company. On the first day I started pulling the latest backups to my local machine, and setting up a development environment where I can start diagramming the databases, and looking into the… Continu