Archive for April, 2012

#SQLSat111 is a wrap…

I’ve tried to do these wrap-up posts over the years to give advice to the upcoming SQLSaturdays based on our experience, but I wanted to do this one a little differently. Before I go too much further, let me do two things: State the obvious: SQLSATURDAY 111 ROCKED!!!! Thank a whole bunch of people: Audrey [...]

April 16, 2012 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication

#SQLSat111 “Biggish Data”

Trying not to be to obnoxious about this, but I’m presenting on “Biggish Data” at SQL Saturday 111 in Atlanta tomorrow; if you’re there, swing by and see me. I presented this on Monday at AtlantaMDF, and am attempting to incorporate the feedback from that presentation into this one. Should be good, but I’m still [...]

April 13, 2012 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQL, SQLServerPedia Syndication

AtlantaMDF Reviews

Kick some SSAS - Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services 2010-08-06

Recently finished (cover-cover) reading of Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services. Since then I've gone through a number of chapters several times as topics aligned themselves with work efforts. Looking at this book today, I noticed the covers are all curled, the pages dog-eared, and yellow highlighter is visible across […]

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SharePoint 2007 Developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog 2009-11-24

SharePoint 2007 developer’s Guide to Business Data Catalog is an essential guide to anyone who wishes to become proficient in building complex SharePoint applications. This book starts off assuming that the reader is a complete beginner to BDC, and explains in detail what it is. Soon afterwards, the reader is taught what can be done with it and how.The book […]

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The Art of Unit Testing 2009-11-08

As a Database Architect, I often work with Object-Oriented Programmers, but thankfully don’t often have to code in other languages other than SQL. However, it is useful to understand the methods and basic frameworks by which my team members develop; hence, I decided to review Roy Osherove’s The Art of Unit Testing (Manning Press, 2009). Although many of th […]

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