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Ruminating on issues pertinent to the design and development of sound databases and processes under Microsoft SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2000 (while reserving the right to vent about anything else that's on my mind)
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SQL PASS 2006, Day 2
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Greetings from the last break of the second day of preconference seminars from SQL PASS 2006 . Since my primary goal in attending this week is to get up to speed on BI issues, today I'm attending a seminar called, "Enterprise ETL with Integration Services...
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Database Programming: (Almost) A Decrypter For Omni..
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Omnibuzz saw my comment (I left another one over the weekend and it showed up right away; I wonder if the ones I left previously were eaten by some flavor of the issue I ran into trying to leave a comment here) and left two comments . Omni's first...
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SQL PASS 2006, Day 3
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Networking, I'm user friendly Networking, I install with ease Data processed, truly BASIC I will upload you, you can download me - Networking , Warren Zevon and Stefan Arngrim Today is the third day of my trip to the SQL PASS 2006 Community Summit...
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Database Programming: SET Statements and Dynamic SQL
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What's this, you say? Useful T-SQL making a return to this blog? Yep. The first T-SQL I've posted since we were in the midst of the prime number exercise , over a month ago. The first commercially viable T-SQL I've posted since the end of August ....
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A Brand New Blog You Might Not Know About Yet..
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On the heels of two messages last week pointing you at worthy SQL-related blog resources, I'm happy to say that yet another team has jumped on the blogging bandwagon at Microsoft. That's nothing but good news for you if you're a user of SQL Server (which...
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See You At PASS!
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This news has been in the works for a couple of days, but it was only just this morning that everything came into focus.. There are two pieces of news to share: one is that I will be in attendance at next week's 2006 PASS Community Summit in Seattle...
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Database Programming: Omnibuzz Steals A Saturday Night..
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I first encountered Omnibuzz during the recent prime number mania. His contribution to that exercise introduced me to his blog, which I must confess that I initially perused only lightly. Tonight, a chain of links led me back to his blog and I explored...
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Database Programming: A Decrypter For Omni
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This post will conclude (for me and for now, at least) a discussion begun here and continued here and here . When last we spoke, I was searching for a SQL Server 2000-specific decrypter for Omnibuzz . Well, I've got one. It might be a tad over-engineered...
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SQL PASS 2006, Day 4
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Another day at the SQL PASS 2006 Community Summit , and my education continues on more axes than I would've thought possible. The day started very early, with Quest Software 's breakfast seminar, The Growing World of SQL Server: Surviving The Data...
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No More HTML For This Database Geek?
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A couple of weeks ago , you might recall, I mentioned that I'd added a couple of new web-based search tools from Windows Live to the left-hand menu of the blog. Well, as you might've noticed, they're gone now. It turns out that the Windows Live...
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SQL PASS 2006, Day 5
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The SQL PASS 2006 Community Summit wraps up this afternoon. The entire conference has run very smoothly; the organizers and volunteers should be very pleased with themselves. I got here this morning just in time for David Ca mpbell's keynote. David...
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New Blog Features, With A Caveat: Beware Of Database Geeks Writing HTML
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This post doesn't apply for you aggregate surfers; those of you who come to http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond , please read on. If you look closely, over at the left hand side of the bloo .. er, I mean, blog .. over on the left hand side of the blog...
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Oh, Yeah.. There's Some Operating System News Today, Too..
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Lest I be accused of myopia in the wake of the SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP announcement , I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that Windows Vista was released to manufacturing today! Head on over to the Vista team's blog for direct links to some very happy...
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It's Here! SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP2 Released!
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The SQL Server team has released CTP2 of SQL Server 2005 SP2 to the public. You'll find the following here : SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 CTP (ReadMe here ) SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and Tools Service Pack 2 CTP SQL Server 2005 Books...
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Living The American Dream
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Just a quick note that as of 5:06pm yesterday, Gale and I closed on our house. Rumor has it we are now living the American Dream. If the American Dream involves a mortgage the size of a cruise ship anchor, then we're there.. I'll keep you posted.....
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Greetings From SQL PASS!
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At the moment, I'm on my first break of my first morning of my first PASS, and so far it's all been good. I rode the Sound Transit 545 bus in from Redmond and was deposited two blocks from the Convention Center. The preconference session on my agenda...
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What Do You Get When You Put 350 SQL Developers In A Room And Open Up A LiveMeeting Link?
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The last time I asked you a question like this, I told you about SQL-Fest, a SQL Server training event at Microsoft. Well, SQL-Fest went so well, we had to try it again, so on November 2, we gathered 350 SQL developers in a training hall for SQL-Fest...
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SQL PASS 2006: Breakfast Panel Venue Change
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From a personal perspective, I somewhat " buried the lead " in my last post , so here it is again in a post of its own.. The response to Quest Software 's breakfast panel seminar, The Growing World of SQL Server: Surviving The Data Avalanche , has...
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Strange Bedfellows? Branson Offers Hawking A Boost
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Stephen Hawking wants to go to space. Via Virgin Galactic , Richard Branson wants to help. Read this . It's pretty remarkable. -wp
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Vaya Con Dios, Old Friend..
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Here's another piece of news I got last week.. this one of a sadder variety than my PASS plans .. Last week's inbox brought the unhappy news that John Huschka is leaving Microsoft . While I will miss John as a long-distance colleague and friend (to...
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Research Begets Enlightenment: The SSMA Downloads
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This time, it was me asking the question, on behalf of one of my classmates in BI training this week: Is anyone aware of an automated Access-SQL to TSQL conversion tool for stored procedures? Frankie answered: You can try SSMA for Access...
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A Brief, Innocuous, Perhaps Even Humorous Quasi-Political Statement
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No matter your stance on the war in Iraq and the people who are arguing about it, this is simply brilliant. I'm humbled by the fact that my best laugh of the day came to me courtesy of a group of people in a war zone half a world away from their homes...
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Dude, Where's My Data? DataDude (VSTE for Database Professionals) CTP7 Released
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What a crazy couple of days.. everything from the second SQL Fest this afternoon (which I'll blog about sometime within the next couple of days) to more great sessions from the SQL team during week two of our four-week SQL Server Microsoft Certified Architect...
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Home For The Holidaze..
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After over a month of working pretty ridiculous hours, I'm going to take the rest of the week away from work to celebrate our good fortune with my family. Other than some automated DWWTWT? posts, I expect the blog to pretty much remain quiescent until...
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