The PASS Summit 2013 call for speakers has come and gone and from the looks of things there were a TONNE of last minute abstract entries. I am a first time abstract submitter for the Summit. I’ve graduated from talking to myself, to speaking at PASS Chapters, to speaking at SQL Saturdays and Microsoft events [...]
Posts under ‘Colin Stasiuk’
Summit 2013 – Team Lead for the PPT Review Team
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been selected to the Program Committee for the PASS Summit in 2013!! I’ll be taking on the role of Team Lead for the PPT Review Team. I’ve served on the Program Committee before as a member of the Abstract Selection Team and it was a great experience and a [...]
SQL Bacon Nugget of Excellence Award @SQLPoolBoy
Not sure how I haven’t seen this before but I’m hopefully not the only one out there. The AdventureWorks2008R2 Books Online Random Workload Generator The PowerShell script will take a random query (from the Books Online example SELECT statements) and run them with a configurable delay inside an infinite loop. You can run as many [...]
SQLSaturday #198 – Vancouver
SQL Saturday 198 – Vancouver This weekend I invade Vancouver BC for SQLSaturday 198 (enroute to the MVP Summit in Seattle the following week). I can’t wait to hit one of the most beautiful cities in Canada. Unfortunately I’m going to be there for less than 24 hours but hey, beggars can’t be choosy. This [...]
Error 3964 – Angry Cat
So I hate cats… but this describes me perfectly right now. Error 3964 on CREATE INDEX on temporary table under SNAPSHOT ISOLATION LEVEL. I understand the error but what I don’t understand is WHY on a # temporary table (that is tied directly to my SPID) this would be an issue? I found this: CONNECT [...]
