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February 28, 2013  9:00 AM

Get a discount when attending the SQLPASS BA Conference



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Database, PASS, PASS SIG, SQL PASS, SQL PASS 2013, SQL PASS BA CON 2013, SQL Server

The SQLPASS BA Conference is coming up in April, just a few short weeks from now.  At this conference you'll see some of the best and brightest minds in Business Analysis and Business Intelligence all in one conference.  This includes...

February 25, 2013  11:44 PM

SQL Saturday 177 Slide Deck



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday 177, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2012

This last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at SQL Saturday 177 in Mountain View, CA.  One of the great things about this SQL Saturday is that in some ways it is an extension of the MVP Summit as for the second year in a row (that I know of) this SQL Saturday has been scheduled the weekend...


February 22, 2013  6:03 PM

Recommended reading from mrdenny for February 22, 2013



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server, Top 10

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

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February 20, 2013  2:00 PM

Cleaning Up Reporting Services Snapshots



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Reporting Services, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008 R2

If you've been running a SQL Server Reporting Services machine for a long time you may have noticed that your ReportServerTempDB database has filled up quite large over the years with lots of crap.  And it's just kept going.  This is because sometimes SQL Server Reporting Services may be keeping...


February 15, 2013  6:03 PM

Recommended reading from mrdenny for February 15, 2013



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server, Top 10

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

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February 11, 2013  7:56 PM

SQL Saturday Albuquerque Slide Deck



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL PASS, SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday 183, SQL Server

This last weekend was SQL Saturday Albuquerque (#183) and I had the privilege of speaking at their first SQL Saturday.  I had a great time at the event, and kudos to the event team for putting together a fantastic SQL Saturday. The session which I presented at SQL Saturday was titled "SQL...


February 8, 2013  6:05 PM

Recommended reading from mrdenny for February 08, 2013



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server, Top 10

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

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February 6, 2013  2:00 PM

When Designing Logon Systems, Pay More Attention To Password Questions.



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Data Loss, Data Security, Database Design, Database security, Identity theft, Laws, Lawyers, Lesson Learned, Mayhem, Phishing, Security, Social Commentary, SQL Server

In recent months the Internet has started to wake up to security just a little bit more, and probably forgotten all about it as well (read this,


February 1, 2013  6:04 PM

Recommended reading from mrdenny for February 01, 2013



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server, Top 10

This week I've found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I've found this week.

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January 30, 2013  2:00 PM

SSMS Masks Some Error Messages



Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQL Server

So the other day I was working on a linked server problem where we wanted to run queries against a linked server to a SQL Server Analysis Services database so that a SQL Server stored procedure could hit the SSAS database directly.  I was just running a sample query against a database that I...