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August 2009 - Posts

• August PASSMN Meeting Tonight

  The Minnesota SQL Server user group (PASSMN) meeting is tonight down near the Microsoft offices.  Come check us out to network and mingle with your peers and also for the opportunity to learn some new things. Tonight’s topics are: Syntactic Sugar Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:00 AM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008, MNSSUG, SQLServerSyndication, SQL Tips, PASS, DBA

• This Week Only PASSMN Meeting (August 18)

  Well… until next month of course. If you’re in Minnesota and reading this… and don’t mind sharing some snacks with other like minded SQL professional… then come down and join us for this month’s SQL Server user group meeting. We’ll be in a different location Read More... Posted Sunday, August 16, 2009 7:00 AM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008, MNSSUG, SQLServerSyndication, SQL Tips, PASS, DBA

• Psst… It’s Free!

  The PASS Summit is coming up in just a few short months. Have you had a chance to make your arrangement? If you are like many, the down economy may be cutting into the budget that typically goes towards these events. If you hadn’t heard, the screaming Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 1:00 PM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: PASS Summit, SQLServerSyndication, Conference, PASS

• August PASSMN Meeting (Aug 18)

  Coming up in a couple weeks is the next PASSMN meeting. We’ll be in a different location for this month – across the skyway from the normal meeting spot. But that puts us right over a coffee shop… not a bad tradeoff for the coffee drinkers in the the Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 05, 2009 7:00 AM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008, MNSSUG, SQLServerSyndication, SQL Tips, PASS, DBA

• Reminder! - IT Care - Painting by Numbers, Update Your SQL Skills with New Paintbrushes

  I mentioned this a couple months back.  If you are looking for a free event to discover more ways to write T-SQL here is an event for you.  The session will be hosted by yours truly and features T-SQL tricks and tips that I’ve picked up and Read More... Posted Monday, August 03, 2009 11:29 AM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008, Performance Tuning, SQLServerSyndication, Conference