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When I’m not busy writing about SQL Server, I quite enjoy reading books about it that look at things from a different point of view.

In just over a month, I’ll be at TechEd 2007 Hong Kong. I’ll be delivering a preconference talk on (what else) SQL Server 2005 and a

I’ll be doing a one-day workshop on SQL Server 2005 in Amsterdam in June, as a postconference event of Microsoft DevDays. Although I’ve done quite

I’ll be at TechEd 2007 in Orlando next month doing a breakout session on SQL Server 2005 scaleout technologies, as well as a couple of

I always look through the SQL Server 2005 samples with each new incantation, and always seem to find things in there that are new and

I just returned from Microsoft Developer and ITPro days in Ghent, Belgium. The hospitality was great, and the event itself drew some big crowds of

Next week (28-29 Mar) I’ll be doing some talks on SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET vNext at DevDays Belgium in Ghent. On 28 Mar, I’ll also

Next month I’m looking forward to speaking at DevDays in Ghent Belgium on SQL Server 2005 and on ADO.NET vNext. The conference is being held on 27-29 Mar, but

Peter DeBetta recently tagged me in what is called “blog tag”. When I described it to Mary, she named it “blog chain letter” and said

The SQL Server 2005 Integration Services team has posted a draft of my SSIS Connectivity Whitepaper on their connectivity wiki at http://ssis.wik.is (note the change in

I’m at ITForum in Barcelona, day 2. I’ve got the 17:00 talk and its on Troubleshooting Service Broker. It’s warm and sunny outside, especially for

I’m at ITForum in Barcelona this week. I’ll be speaking on three topics that are: 1. Completely or almost completely new in SQL Server 20052.

Haven’t written in a while. I’ve been back from Hong Kong for a few weeks (had a fantastic time, thanks folks), and, a few days

Thanks to those who came to my webcast today on SQL Server 2005. Between this webcast and the other upgrading webcasts that are available on

I’ve been honing my slides and polishing up my demos for TechEd 2006 Hong Kong at the end of September. I’ll be doing some breakouts

You’ve read the specs. Now get the bits. Here. Note that “vNext” isn’t V3.0, which doesn’t include these new ADO.NET items. vNext is the release after

I got email today notifying me that Dan Sullivan and my new book on SQL Server, “A Programmer’s Guide to SQL Server 2005” is on

Sometimes I’ll have these interesting juxtapositions of two or more projects I’m working on at the same time. So what does Joe Celko have to

We had some very talented technical reviewers for our “Programmer’s Guide to SQL Server 2005” book. Some of them, like Greg Low and Roger Wolter,

If you hadn’t noticed, I’ve stopped taking comments and trackbacks for a while. I figured if you’all like video poker, you know where to find it.

Reading some papers on scale-out, I came across this in the SQL Server 2000 resource kit: “Scaling up is the first approach you should consider,

At TechEd, a couple of folks came up to me and asked “we see around at conferences and read your blog, but when are you

It was a fine time at TechEd. I enjoyed catching up with a lot of old friends and making some new friends. Thanks to all of you who

It’s raining here today, starting to feel like home. Many thanks to the folks that told me they had an excellent time delving into error handling

My talk on error handling in SQL Server and clients starts in another hour. Error handling in SQL has been more of an art than

If you haven’t already seen the good news on our website, SQLskills welcomes Elizebeth Vitt. Elizebeth is well-known in the business intelligence community and will

The week before TechEd, everyone’s reminded to blog about what they’ll be up to, to draw folks to sessions. The sheer number of presentations and

Although I’m away from home this week (teaching in Hyderabad) I’ve heard that the first advance copies of Dan Sullivan’s and my new SQL Server

As you can see, I’m trying to catch up on my blogging. Here’s one I missed. I’ll be at TechEd 2006 in Boston in June.

Since we were on a roll the SQL Server 2005 discussion, Richard and Carl had me back this week on dnr-TV. It’s a combination of

I had the good fortune to be able to spend an hour or so (may have been a bit longer 😉 chatting with Richard and

Well, not at my house… but at the Portland (Oregon) SQL Server Users Group meeting. I’ll have to admit that I’ve not attended many meetings

I’m writing this just before the start of the Dutch Devdays conference in Amsterdam. The conference promises to a good one, with local speakers as

I’ve been confirmed to present some talks at DevDays Netherlands on March 7-8. I’ll be talking about my favorite subjects, SQL Server 2005 and ADO.NET

I’ve been getting some mail messages that the sample chapter of our latest book that we uploaded on the SQLskills website is not readable. Or in

Dan and I have been permitted to post a sample draft-quality chapter and the table of contents our upcoming book, “SQL Server 2005 Developer’s Guide”. They’re

With apologies to Johnny Winter. Long time, no postings. You might have guessed why I disappeared, but Dan and I just finished and handed in

After reading my last blog entry, Wally McClure points out that I did indeed meet him once. In July 2001, on Redmond campus. Amazing. And of course,

The podcast I did with Wally McClure is up on his website. Here’s the link to it. I did this podcast about a month ago,

A couple of hours after checking into my hotel on the Hong Kong waterfront, fireworks started going off outside…the real kind. Turns out I’d arrived

Made a quick exit from SQLPass in Dallas, hopped on a plane, and 4 planes later (plus a stop at home to get things together)

I’m here at SQLPass conference in Texas, the preconference doesn’t look like it will be “rained out” as my was last year. I came in yesterday in the

As a blog reader as well as blog writer, I’m disturbed by a trend that seems to be more commonplace lately, the “continued here” trend.

That’s the question that folks ask a lot lately. See you at PDC? It’s not that I wouldn’t *like* to go. It’s that there’s another 3-letter

I’ve heard this around quite a bit lately, but I attend some conferences and follow a lot of newsgroups. If you haven’t heard: Database Mail

About how they work together. The panel is being held as a webcast, and they’ll be some slides too. This is all taking place on September

I received email today that it was OK to talk about this. Our book “A First Look At SQL Server 2005 For Developers” was selected

I’ve spent the last few days talking with the data access folks at Microsoft. They’re working on the next set of features and I’ve given