It’s my pleasure to report that Andy Warren has asked me to participate in the SQL Saturday Advisory Council. I’m really excited by the fantastic learning opportunities presented by the SQL Saturday system of events that Andy and company have established. They’ve taken great pains to set up a system of high-quality events that are [...]
Bitemporal Data
August 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Any IT pro with more than a year or two of experience will have faced the challenges of version control for an application, but what if you have to implement version control for data? The most common way to tackle this problem is implementing something called “bitemporal data”. Under this method, each row in a [...]
24 Hours of PASS
August 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Join me and many other great SQL Server gurus on September 1st for a 24-hour virtual event, 24 Hours of PASS. I’ll be there along with many of the great SQL community speakers (and personal friends) such as Louis Davidson, Kalen Delaney, Steve Jones, Andy Kelly, Brian Knight, Brad McGahee and many more. Each session [...]
More About Successful Directors versus Successful Technologists
August 3, 2009 by 2 Comments
If you’re a SQL Server professional who hasn’t been to the website of the Professional Association for SQL Server, you’re doing yourself a disservice. Membership is free and, in addition to all of the technical resources that it provides, it connects you to a world of networking opportunities with other like-minded professionals. I strongly encourage [...]
