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SQL Server 2014: New Datatype
Today is the general availability release date for the newest version of SQL Server, aptly named SQL Server 2014. I’m excited about many of the new features being rolled out today, but the ones that...
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Make Your Data Work for You
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It’s Just a Hardware Problem…
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#SQLPASS #SUMMIT14 #MVPSUMMIT Checklist–50 Things Not to Leave Behind
shared some of these on Twitter, but I decided to pull them all together in one place. There’s be a lot of tips shared prior to these events, but I think these haven’t been covered nearly enough....
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PASS Summit 2014 Speaker Idol—Judging You, Part I
This year we had a new item at the 2014 PASS Summit: Speaker Idol. Run by Denny Cherry ( blogs | @mrdenny ), this is a contest where people who have never been selected to speak at Summit get the...
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Holiday Pairings with DBMSs & Datastores – Part I
It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving weekend in the US and the rest of the world is thinking about how much MORE WORK we are going to accomplish while our American teammates are stuffing themselves...
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I’m all ‘bout the data…
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Yeah My Mama She Told Me Don’t Worry About Your JOINs
(with apologies to Meghan Trainor) Because you know I’m all about the data ‘Bout the data, no trouble I’m all about the data ‘Bout the data, no trouble I’m all about the data ‘Bout the data, no...
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New Year’s Day…
You could look at New Year’s Day as just another increment in a DATE column. I won’t see it that way, but I’m not going to be doing anything spectacular either. Likely I will be starting the year...
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Join #TeamData for the Portland Half Marathon
If you’ve been following me on Twitter (@datachick), you know I’ve been checking some races off my bucket list. I apologize for all those tweets, by the way…but I also loved the fact that people could...
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Join #TeamData for a Virtual Pi Day 5k
Register You can join #TeamData on a virtual run or walk any time between 12-15 March. A virtual races means you run it wherever you want, whenever you want during those days. You can even split...
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Canadian IT Pros: Win a 3D Movie Pack
Want to do some learning AND have a chance at winning one of 200 3D Cineplex Movie Prize Packs? Just register and complete 2 Microsoft Virtual Academy courses about Windows 10, the cloud, and more. So...
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Hacking Database Design
I get asked to help teams increase the performance of their database (hint: indexes, query tuning and correct datatypes, in that order) or to help the scale it out for increasing workloads. But when...
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What Your Database Security Design….
…looks like to me. Sure, you’ve got your own home-grown database security system all designed and working in development. And then you ask me to confirm that it’s “safe”. I’ll tell ya “it’s safe as...
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Datatypes or Data Types?
I conducted a Twitter poll last week about how to spell DATATYPE (or is it DATA TYPEs?). Many compound words start out as two separate words, then get hyphenated, then concatenated to a new word. We...
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Database Design Evils
I posted a tongue-in-cheek Twitter poll about some database design features that tend to polarize team members. Of course, every design decision comes down to cost, benefit and risk. So there aren’t...
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Database Design Throwdown, Texas Style
It’s a new year and I’ve given Thomas LaRock (@@sqlrockstar | blog ) a few months to recover and ramp up his training since our last Throwdown. The trophies from all my wins are really cluttering my...
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Join #TEAMDATA #PiDay5k Virtual Run/Walk/Crawl
NOTE: There’s a 10% savings if you do early registration by 27 January 2016. CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO REGISTER. Due to event rules, you must have a Canadian or US address to go for the medal/swag...
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Happy 20th Birthday, ER/1…ER/Studio
I was preparing for my webinar tomorrow for Idera when I decided to look up how long ER/Studio Data Architect has been around. I was happy to see that the press release for ER/1 (what it was called...
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I love getting to see new technologies changing the world. The opening of the new Vancouver Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre included prominent Microsoft and Canadian leaders, including our Geek...
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