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SQL SERVER – Cartoon Challenge – 140 Character Winner is Here

May 4, 2011

Personal, SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Earlier Idera has announced contest where participant can win Windows Mobile Phone by writing 140 character. Here is the details of the contest SQLAuthority News – Win Windows Phone from Idera in 140 Characters – A Cartoon Challenge of SQL. We received more than 200 comments on the blog post…

SQLAuthority News – 1700th Blog Posts – Over 25 Millions of Views – A SQL Milestone

April 25, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Database

It has been a tradition in this blog to write a “milestone blog post” for every 100th post. I am always looking forward to this because I am given a chance to do only three times a year. This year 2011 has been very nice to me so far- lots…

SQLAuthority News – Sudden Death of SSD on my Laptop – A Warning for SSD Users

April 19, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

The solid state drive on my personal laptop just died. Here’s the story. I have a DELL XPS laptop which is now 2.5 years old. The laptop had demonstrated no issues. About 6 months ago, I decided to upgrade the hard drive to solid state drive. There was a lot…

SQLAuthority News – A Million Hits a Month – A Milestone

April 4, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News

March 2011 has been very good month. SQLAuthority Blog got more than 1 Million Hits in a single month. Total hits so far is around 25 Million from the inception of the blog. My statistics are maintained by WordPress.com by themselves. I have shared the same over here. You can…

SQL SERVER – SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) – Tools – Video – Download

March 21, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

Data Warehousing, SQL Documentation, SQL Download

I was recently working on learning various new stuff. I just would like to share very interesting resources here today. Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) is a toolkit that dramatically cuts the effort, cost, and risk of migrating from any other data platform to SQL Server 2005, SQL Server…

SQLAuthority News – I am Presenting 2 Sessions at TechEd India

March 16, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Extended Events, SQL Wait Stats

TechED is the event which I am always excited about. It is one of the largest technology in India. Microsoft Tech Ed India 2011 is the premier technical education and networking event for tech professionals interested in learning, connecting and exploring a broad set of current and soon-to-be released Microsoft…

SQLAuthority News – Stay Connected and Social Media

March 9, 2011

Pinal Dave

Personal, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

I think I have finally gotten back my faith in social media. If you are following my blog I am sure you are aware of my views on social media – SQLAuthority News – Social Media Confusion – Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn and Me. I was not happy about how social…