Monthly Archives: May 2011

Colorado SQL Server User Groups – May

Posted on May 16, 2011 by way0utwest

I saw a post from Marc Beacom on the presentations this week for various groups. You can get the info on them all from Marc’s post, but basically this is user group week in CO. Tuesday – Boulder Wednesday – … Continue reading →

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Competing with an MBA

Posted on May 16, 2011 by way0utwest

It seems that if you want to move up in management, you need an MBA. At least that was the prevailing wisdom a few years back as I worked in various corporations. Most executives were expected to get an MBA, … Continue reading →

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Choosing Your Tasks

Posted on May 13, 2011 by way0utwest

I have been working for SQLServerCentral for nearly a decade. I started in 2002 and in that time I have had to define my own job most of the time. Early on Andy and Brian had a list of things … Continue reading →

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Clean Code is Easier to Read – SQL Prompt

Posted on May 12, 2011 by way0utwest

I saw a post recently that had query that looked like this: select a.*,name, b.* from sys.database_principals a, sys.database_permissions b where permission_name = ‘INSERT’ and b.grantee_principal_id = a.principal_id   Ugly to read, at least to me, and in a poorly … Continue reading →

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