Jan 31 2010
Thank you Grant Fritchey, Adam Mechanic, David Waugh, and all the others behind SQL Saturday all the way up to Andy Warren! I had a great time presenting at SQL Saturday #34 (Boston) and learned some nice things to take back to the office first thing Monday morning. About to board a flight to Chicago [...]
Jan 29 2010
Looks like Mother Nature is into giving certain IT professionals the old Reverse-Cleveland Steamer. Yep, she dropped a big ol’ pile o’ cold poo on this SQL Server Presenter’s (and other’s) chests yesterday, causing the folks behind SQL Saturday #30 in Richmond to postpone until April 10, 2010. This unfortunately coincides with Spring Break here [...]
Jan 27 2010
On Twitter this morning I saw a plea for an explanation on what CROSS APPLY is in Transact-SQL. I answered the question via email and then realized that it may make for a post here on The SQL Agent Man… When used, CROSS APPLY will execute the function listed in the CROSS APPLY sub-clause of the [...]
Jan 26 2010
Tonight is the first meeting of our reboot of the WMSSUG. The information is listed below. Hope you can attend! We will have an audio line on reserve if we see that the computer-based audio is dragging down performance on the presentation. I’d like to thank Blue Granite for offering to host the event and [...]
Jan 17 2010
In a recent post I laid out a challenge to all bloggers to use five phrases and craft a blog post of their choosing as a study in stengthening their writing skills while having a little fun in the process. This is my response to the challenge. Phrases in boldface are those that had to [...]
Jan 9 2010
When Comedy Central first came on the air, a quirky British improv show called Whose Line Is It Anyway became a cult hit. I remember sitting around in some state of impairment with my friends laughing our asses off each episode. Even the American version from ABC had some high points a decade later. It [...]
Dec 28 2009
The next round of SQL Saturdays is rapidly approaching: Tampa on 1/23/2010 followed by Boston and Richmond on 1/30/2010. I received notification that two of my sessions were accepted so now comes the time when I need to get back into the swing of all-things-SQL and switch out of Holiday Mode to get some things [...]
Dec 17 2009
I remember my first time on stage. I was in 4th Grade. It was this time of year. I was Schroeder in our boys-only school production of A Charlie Brown Christmas and I owned the part. To this day whenever my sons and I watch A Charlie Brown Christmason ABC still doesn’t seem right since [...]
