After a 1 year hiatus I’ll be back at the PASS Summit this year. Last year I was in Punta Cana during the Summit for my sister in law’s wedding. This year I thought I had to miss the Summit AGAIN for another wedding in Punta Cana but PASS was gracious enough to move the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘DBA’
Temp Tables and Primary Keys
Just a quick little post today on a little “gotcha” that may getcha. Let’s say you’re creating a stored procedure that needs to create a #temp table that has a PRIMARY KEY. You will want to be careful about how you create this #temp table and here is why: Open SQL Server Management Studio and run the [...]
My New Job
So if you read my last blog post: Wind of Change you were both subjected to some 80s “rock” care of Scorpions and my announcement that I was leaving my then current gig for a new contract. I’m now happy to formally announce that I’m the new Senior DBA for Invidi. This is an exciting opportunity [...]
Wind of Change
I know as an independent contractor change is constant but sometimes it hits you alot more than others. I’ve been at my current “gig” for almost 3 years so deciding to wind down and leave comes with it’s fair share of emotions, emotions that I haven’t felt since I was a full-time employee. The team [...]
My Quest to Become a Microsoft Certified Master
I’ve started my preperations for taking the first part (of the 2 part exam process) to become a Microsoft Certified Master. As of today there are still no Prometric sites in Canada that offer the exam so I’ll have to try and schedule around one of my bi-monthly trips to Redmond I guess. I’ve [...]
