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Hekaton – the bad and the good, and a misconception
The SQL Server platform is a robust system, designed to handle data in a relational system through the “ACID” properties of transactions. That is, to
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Handling special characters with FOR XML PATH(”)
SARGable functions in SQL Server
The SSIS tuning tip that everyone misses
Managing to get time away
Conference season is coming up, and this means time away from work. Something not quite as trivial as I’d like. Now that I have a
SQLBits pre-con – Fixing Queries with Advanced T-SQL
I’m giving a pre-con seminar at SQLBits 7 on September 30 this year in York (the Old one, in Yorkshire – similar to the New
Leaving your comfort zone and standing in front of an audience
I keep seeming to dip back into the training space with LobsterPot Solutions, and I think this is a good thing. Training is both challenging
Getting an Advanced Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network
A work in progress, I’m sure, as the particular requirements haven’t actually been made clear yet. I previously wrote a post about the change from
Changes to the Microsoft Partner Program
I’ll miss Gold Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program I think. It’s not that my company LobsterPot Solutions will no longer qualify for Gold
More presentations coming up
So the pre-/post-con submission I made for the PASS Summit in November didn’t get picked up (although I’m still hoping to get a regular session