Monthly Archives: July 2010

SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I just found out today that I will be one of the speakers at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, August 21, 2010.  My presentation will be: DMV Emergency Room! If you have ever been responsible for a … Continue reading →

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New Laptop Time

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I’ve been looking for a new “thin and light” laptop to use for teaching, and for presentations and demonstrations at upcoming SQL Server events, such as SQLSaturday and the PASS 2010 Summit. I wanted something that that had a 32nm … Continue reading →

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Project Houston For SQL Azure

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool that lets you manage and develop SQL Azure databases using a web browser. You have to go to SQL Azure … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9). The KB Article for the CU is located here. This is Build 2789, and it contains 34 fixes, that are pretty well scattered over the Engine, SSAS, SSRS and … Continue reading →

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Pitching in for a Good Cause!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Fellow SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog | twitter) has done a great job organizing an interesting effort to help unemployed and underemployed software developers to improve their skill set, while also helping a deserving non-profit organization, school or church … Continue reading →

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Speaking at SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas, November 1-4, 2010

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Today, I received the official word that I will be presenting two sessions in the SQLServerCentral.com track at the SQL Server Connections conference on November 1-4. I feel quite humbled to be included with the other great speakers at the … Continue reading →

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SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free here. This e-book is based pretty heavily on my DMV a Day Series that I wrote during April, 2010. The … Continue reading →

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Speaking at 2010 PASS Summit in Seattle

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I just found out yesterday that I had one of my General sessions approved for the 2010 PASS Summit in Seattle coming on November 8-12.  Here is the session title and abstract that I submitted: Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing … Continue reading →

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Comparing the Performance of Different String Data Types in SQL Server 2008 R2

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Glenn Berry

I thought I would try to do a few quick tests to compare the performance of assigning values and comparing values using some of the different string data types that you have available in SQL Server. It turns out that … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP Available

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has made the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008 SP2 available for download. This is Build 3798, and it includes the fixes that were a part of SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU8. It also allows you to … Continue reading →

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