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Busy months ahead
Almost two months have passed since my last blog post. And while it’s true that I’ve had (much) longer breaks, I do have a good reason now. All the time that I would normally at least in part spend on...
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Slides and demo code for Columnstore Index session
Almost a week has passed after SQLBits X in London , so I guess it’s about time for me to share the slides and demo code of my session on columnstore indexes. After all, I promised people I would do...
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Upcoming speaking engagements – want to meet me?
I have a very busy time ahead of me, with lots of travel, lots of speaking engagements, and hence lots of opportunity to meet and catch up with what has become known as the SQL Family. (An excellent...
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SQLRally Nordic 2012 – session material
As some of you might know, I have been to SQLRally Nordic 2012 in Copenhagen earlier this week. I was able to attend many interesting sessions, I had a great time catching up with old friends and...
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Bleeding Edge 2012 – session material
As promised, here are the slide deck and demo code I used for my presentation at the Bleeding Edge 2012 conference in Laško, Slovenia. Okay, I promised to have them up by Tuesday or Wednesday at worst,...
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Jetzt geht’s los - speaking in Germany!
It feels just like yesterday that I went to Munich for the very first German edition of SQL Saturday – and it was a great event. An agenda that was packed with three tracks of great sessions, and lots...
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Decks and demos – Session material for Silicon Valley Code Camp
This weekend, I will be presenting two sessions at Silicon Valley Code Camp , in Los Altos Hills, CA. On Saturday, I will have an early start – the first time slot of the day, at 9:45 AM, I will...
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SQLRally and SQLRally - Session material
I had a great week last week. First at SQLRally Nordic , in Stockholm, where I presented a session on how improvements to the OVER clause can help you simplify queries in SQL Server 2012 enormously....
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Understanding Execution Plans
To me, it feels as if 2014 is a long time away. But it isn’t. Sinterklaas has already dropped off his presents and is probably already back in his castle in Spain. Christmas is almost upon us. And...
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TechDays 2014 – Session material
Last week in the Hague, I had the honor to present two very different sessions at the Dutch TechDays conference. A deep-dive session on internals of the SQL Server 2012 nonclustered columnstore index,...
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SQL TuneIn Zagreb 2014 – Session material
I spent the last few days in Zagreb, Croatie, at the third edition of the SQL TuneIn conference , and I had a very good time here. Nice company, good sessions, and awesome audiences. I presented my...
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PASS Summit Abstract Feedback
Last week, Adam posted the feedback he received from PASS on the abstracts he had submitted for the PASS Summit 2014 . I was very happy he did – not only because the post itself was a good read, but...
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Execution plans, laundry, and a giveaway
In just a week from now, SQL Saturday #337 will kick off in Portland, Oregon. And I will be there – the third time already for me to be speaking in Portland. For a European, Portland is not the most...
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Give speakers feedback. It makes a difference.
I sometimes struggle with finding a catchy title for a blog post. It has to grab the attention, and clarify what the post is about. If you decided to spend time reading my words, I do not want you to...
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Upcoming presentations. And an offer.
It’s not my habit to announce my future presentations on this blog. But I sometimes make exceptions to this rule, and today is a good day for such an exception. Especially since I have been allowed to...
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