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• OT: NCAA Pick'em Returns...

  Every year in March, the Men's College Basketball Championship Tourney Begins. For the past few years, I've put together a "League". This year is no different. The prize... Bragging Rights - that's it - nothing else.... Follow the link below to sign up!...( Read More... Posted Monday, March 15, 2010 5:28 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, fun

• SQL Saturday #33 : slide deck, recap and shout-outs

  [Sorry I have been a little absent over the past couple of weeks. Returning from the Olympics just a little over a week ago meant some busy catch-up and a heavy lead-in to today's event.] Today I spoke at SQL Saturday #33 in Charlotte, NC. My presentation...( Read More... Posted Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:14 PM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SSMS, Management Studio, presentations, SQL Saturday

• SQL Saturday - March 6 in Charlotte

  I've been working on my presentation for SQL Saturday in Charlotte - http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx . I will be presenting a session on using the basics of Perfmon to monitor your environment. There is a great line-up of speakers. If you...( Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:09 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, SQL Server Performance, Education, Events, performance, User Group Meetings

• SQL community events in Adelaide this week

  Two events coming up in the next few days in Adelaide. On Monday 22nd, we see the start of the Australian Azure Launch, with David Lemphers coming over. David has a tour, hitting five Australian cities in four days, starting in Adelaide. It should be Read More... Posted Sunday, February 21, 2010 6:17 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: adssug, community

• T-SQL Tuesday #003 (Relationships): The round-up

  Lots of blog posts for this month, for the first T-SQL Tuesday to leave the safe-haven of Adam Machanic’s blog . Some people obviously missed out, probably because they don’t read this blog, but I guess that’s the nature of the meme. Read More... Posted Saturday, February 13, 2010 3:45 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, community, t-sql tuesday

• SQL Saturday #33 in Charlotte!

  SQL Saturday is coming to Charlotte next month! If you are in the area, come on by. We have a great line-up of speakers. Find out more information at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit!...( Read More... Posted Saturday, February 06, 2010 2:35 AM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, fun, Education, Events, User Group Meetings, Social Networking

• Invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #003: Relationships

  It’s time for the third of Adam Machanic’s T-SQL Tuesdays, and this time, I’m the host. The first one , last December was on the topic of date/time, and the second was on Puzzling Situations. Check them both out, along with the round-ups Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:39 AM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, community, t-sql tuesday

• Management Studio Tips & Tricks, version 1.0

  Today I presented "Management Studio Tips & Tricks" at SQL Saturday #34 in Waltham, MA. I had an audience of close to 100 (my biggest talk yet!), and unless they were stroking my ego, I achieved my primary goal for the session: to make sure that every...( Read More... Posted Sunday, January 31, 2010 8:00 AM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SSMS, Management Studio, presentations

• Useful SQL Question and Answer sites

  There are so many places to ask a question these days. I get plenty of questions via MSN Msgr and email, and do my best to answer those of course. But there are many others too. I figured I’d list some of the ones that I frequent, and challenge some of Read More... Posted Thursday, December 24, 2009 3:14 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, community

• StreamInsight talk coming up at SQLBits

  My talk on StreamInsight is up next. I’ll try to blog more about that later. For now, I want to mention more about SQLBits itself. This is by far the largest SQL-only conference I’ve attended (I haven’t been to SQL-PASS yet), and it’s great to be involved. Read More... Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 9:47 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: sql, community, SQL Server 2008, sql bits, streaminsight

• SQLBits V, in Old South Wales

  I recently gave a talk in New South Wales , so now I’m going to give one in Old South Wales. In Newport, to be precise. As I’ve written before, I’ve been a big fan of the SQLBits conferences that is run by many UK-based friends of mine. Unfortunately Read More... Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 11:23 AM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, sql bits

• Another PASS has come and gone

  Wow, what a week! I am just settling in back home after a week away, most of which I spent at the PASS summit in Seattle. Whether you were there or not, you might be interested in my perspective of how the week went, and why this continues to be the best...( Read More... Posted Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:21 AM from Aaron Bertrand | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, pass

• A Tripp to Melbourne?

  I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve been to Melbourne (although I did pass through the airport there on my way back from Wagga ). I don’t know when I’ll be there next, but I have felt tempted to try to get there this week. Partly it’s because my Read More... Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 4:53 PM from Rob Farley | (Comments Off) Filed under: australia, community

• 25th Hour of 24 Hours of PASS up...

  Paul and Louis did a "re-take" of their 24 Hours of PASS session last night. It is now posted with the other selected sessions at: https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=cw4mt2pg632crwfv Enjoy! Share this post: email...( Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:50 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, Education, Events, DB Design

• Last Chance - Part of a LIVE Audience AND to save $$$

  Sep 15 is the last day to be a part of history for 24 Hours of PASS. Louis and Paul will be doing a 2nd take of their session for 24 Hours of PASS. Register at the following link : https://www.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=qh37c3hrckwswsj5...( Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 12:37 PM from Rick Heiges | (Comments Off) Filed under: community, SQL Community, Education, Events, Conferences