Category Archives: sqlpass

Baby baby baby, where did our love/ data go?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Possibly one of the very first things we learn as fledgling DBA’s is that transactions are used to provide “all or nothing” operations. If you ever go for a SQL Server job interview, you are almost guaranteed to be asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Concurrency, error, sql, sqlbits, sqlpass, SQLServerPedia Syndication, tsql | 2 Comments

Change and make a difference

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Let me tell you a story… It is a drizzly night in November and I am sat with a bunch of people I have never met before. They are all eating and I am not (one too many Whiskys the … Continue reading →

Posted in personaldevelopment, publicspeaking, sqlpass, sqlrally, sqlsaturday, SQLServerPedia Syndication, summit | 3 Comments

Moves Like Jagger – my 24HOP baptism

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

It is now nearly one week since my début on 24 Hours Of PASS and I thought it would be useful for people considering presenting on 24HOP themselves that I write my thoughts on the whole experience. I have also … Continue reading →

Posted in 24HOP, personaldevelopment, publicspeaking, sqlpass, SQLServerPedia Syndication | 5 Comments