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Breaking News! AdventureWorks abandoned for Katmai in favor of Northwind, pubs and...
01 April 08 03:01 PM

In a striking change of direction, I'm happy to announce that AdventureWorks is being deprecated and abandoned for SQL Server 2008 samples in favor of long-time favorite databases of simple-minded data modelers: Northwind and pubs. Also, I can gleefully Read More...

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Filed under: database, SQL Server, geek humor, data modeling, database design, 2008, AdventureWorks, April Fools' Day

How do I use Feature X in SQL Server?
28 January 08 01:20 PM

Buck's got a great point about how SQL Server's development themes are managed from the top down: It isn't a matter of thinking up single features or changes to the product, it's a cohesive direction we all want to go. Carpe Datum : Why on earth are you Read More...

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Filed under: database, SQL Server, community development, samples, database design, 2008, Katmai, CodePlex, AdventureWorks

Big brother (or SkyNet) is coming... to a PC near you.
16 January 08 05:18 PM

I loved the book 1984 , even though it was almost 1984 by the time I read it. The fact that the date was around the corner and technology wasn't anywhere close kind of took the punch out of the story. I guess it didn't scare me the way it scared "previous Read More...

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Filed under: security, database, SQL Server, geek humor, database design, 2008, scifi, science fiction, patent, monitoring, Microsoft

Nominate your SQL Server wins for the 2008 TDWI Best Practices Awards!
10 January 08 10:11 AM

Vote early and often for your favorite implementations on your favorite platform! (Hint: your favorite platform is SQL Server.) Have you completed a data warehouse or business intelligence implementation that you think other organizations could learn Read More...

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Filed under: data mining, database, SQL Server, consulting, data modeling, database design, 2008, TDWI, awards

It's been real and it's been fun... Now here's The Quiz.
29 November 07 11:11 PM

This month (on top of all the other excitement), I've been the facilitator for the MVP Academy course "Designing Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005 Databases." (Calling me the instructor would be like putting lipstick on a pig -- with apologies Read More...

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Filed under: database, SQL Server, data modeling, MVP, database design