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SQLSaturday #57, Houston

Thumbnail image for SQLSaturday #57, Houston by Jonathan July 23, 2010

As Cochair of the planning committee I am very pleased to announce that we are officially having a SQLSaturday in Houston. The event will be on January 29th, 2011 at the Bammel Church of Christ. Co Chairs Jonathan Gardner (Blog|Twitter) Malik Al-Amin (Blog|Twitter) Nancy Hidy Wilson (Twitter) Information We have created a Twitter account @SQLSatHou [...]

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SQLSaturday #35 Recap

Thumbnail image for SQLSaturday #35 Recap by Jonathan May 25, 2010

This weekend I was in Dallas, TX with Nancy Wilson (Twitter) and Malik Al-Amin (Twitter) form the Houston Area SQL Server Users Group volunteering at SQLSaturday 35. It gave us a unique perspective and taught us some very valuable lessons for when we put on SQLSaturday in Houston. I wanted to give a big thanks [...]

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Using Model to Change Default Database Settings

by Jonathan April 12, 2010

During a Twitter conversation today Malik Alamin (Twitter) asked about the Autogrow settings on his databases. The conversation naturally progressed to the question of how you change the default behavior and set all newly created databases to have user defined settings. Brent Ozar (Blog | Twitter) was able to point us in the right direction [...]

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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Meeting

by Jonathan April 6, 2010

This is a reminder that we will have Kevin Kline (Blog | Twitter) with us discussing Top 10 Mistakes on SQL Server. I would encourage everyone in the area to come out if they can. Detailed meeting information below: When: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 – 11:30am-1:00pm Where: Microsoft Houston Office 2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. [...]

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Documentation: A Love Hate Relationship

by Jonathan March 17, 2010

Jen McCown (Blog | Twitter) recently asked some tough questions about documentation in her blog post Documentation. Tag, your it! As a consultant I live and die by documentation. When I come into a engagement and things have been well documented my life is easier. More often than not the converse is true. Stance on [...]

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Houston Area SQL Server User Group Monthly Meeting

by Jonathan March 9, 2010

When: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 – 11:30am-1:00pmWhere: Microsoft Houston Office 2000 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. S. #350 Houston, TX 77042Pizza and drinks provided by IderaLive MeetingConference Call for audio: 888.320.3585 (Passcode 76027128)Topic: Accelerating Database Performance Using Solid State StorageSpeaker: Sumeet Bansal, Principal Solutions Architect at Fusion-io

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