#TSQL2SDAY 96 – Kalen Delaney’s Inspiration for Adventure

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This post is part of TSQL Tuesday, a monthly blog party. You’re welcome to join in this party: if you’d like email notifications of future topics, here’s how to set them up. This month’s topic is “Folks Who Have Made a Difference”, by Ewald Cress. Ewald Cress has given us a prompt “to give a shout-out to people (well-known or otherwise) who have made a meaningful contribution to your life in the world of data.” The people in the community who have taught me things and contributed to my life are too many to list, and impossible to rank. So I thought: who made the biggest impression on me in just the last year? You can’t really predict what people will remember Memory is a funny thing: sometimes you try to remember something and fail. Lots of times, we return to memories that are of an event that may have…
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Things I Learned from Speaker Idol 2017 at the SQL PASS Summit

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I was lucky enough to serve as a judge for the Speaker Idol competition at the SQL PASS Summit conference this year. One of the great thing about watching presentations and giving feedback on them is that you learn a lot about speaking by watching sessions and crafting your feedback. I’d like to thank everyone who participated. I enjoyed every single presentation, and I learned a ton. I wish I had the time to write about everyone, but to keep this reasonably short, here are some highlights of what I was wowed by from the finalists. Simon Whitely: excitement is infectious It’s tricky to be excited at the beginning of a presentation without seeming nervous, but Simon showed us how this is done. He’s terrific at pacing – he shows you don’t have to talk fast to convey excitement. He uses large, controlled hand gestures while he’s excited and introducing his…
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I Thought I Was An Introvert. Turns Out I Was Anxious as #@*] (Dear SQL DBA Episode 53)

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In this week’s episode, I’m not answering a reader’s question. Instead, I’m talking about my personal experience with anxiety. This episode touches on on healthcare, religion, and squishy emotions — and there’s at least one curse word. I don’t talk tech in this episode. (Don’t worry, there’s more of that coming in future weeks.) Oh, and there’s a drawing below, if you want the super-short version. Audio version No time to watch right now? Listen on the go! This is available in podcast format on iTunes , on Google Play, or plug this RSS feed into your favorite podcast app: http://dearsqldba.libsyn.com/rss Video version Poster version Click here for a larger image
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SQL PASS Summit 2017 Day 2 – Keynote Notes and Ideas

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This morning, Dr Rimma Nehme tells us the story of the birth of Azure Cosmos DB, a global, scale-out database system. At the beginning of the talk, I can already tell that I’m going to recommend you watch the recording– and here it is! Summarizing this and paying attention simultaneously is going to be tough. So what I’m going to write today is the ideas I have and highlights that I notice while listening. Notes and ideas Designing this project was a huge challenge, to say the least. Partitioning is critical for distribution of data (YEP! Also true elsewhere) ACID properties are per partition A customer’s data can be spread across machines, clusters, and regions (but the customer doesn’t have to deal with any of these, they pick regions) The customer experience is “like driving a car. You turn the key and go. You don’t have to worry about how the…
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SQL PASS Summit 2017: Day 1 Keynote Thoughts and Memories

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Whee! It’s the first day of the main SQL PASS Summit conference and I made it to the keynote early for the first time ever. The hype says we’re going to see some great presenters this morning. Memories: my first Summit, that time I was too shy to say “Hi” to Mr. Denny The very first time I attended this conference, I was so excited to attend sessions and learn. I was also excited to connect with others, but I just wasn’t sure how. I clearly remember seeing Denny Cherry in a session — he was also attending. I recognized his fantastic hair and big smile from the photo he had at the top of his blog posts. I’d found his blog several times when tracking down a solution to a problem. I wanted to introduce myself, but I was just too shy. And I didn’t say hi. Years later, I…
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The Death of SQL Server Service Packs

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SQL Server Service Packs are going away, starting with SQL Server 2017. I talk about why I think this is a good thing, and discuss Cumulative Updates, Service Packs, and the process of updating SQL Server. No time to watch right now or read the transcript below? Listen in podcast format on iTunes , on Google Play, or plug this RSS feed into your favorite podcast app: http://dearsqldba.libsyn.com/rss Transcript of this episode Please forgive errors in grammar and punctuation: robots drafted this transcript. And then I “fixed” the draft, which can go either way. Welcome to “Dear SQL DBA,” a podcast and YouTube show for SQL Server developers and database administrators. I’m Kendra little from SQLWorkbooks.com. Today we’re talking about the death of SQL Server Service Packs SQL Server is no longer going to have Service Packs for SQL Server 2017 and future versions. Service Packs are going away, but for your existing, older versions of…
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