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Introduction  The tenth Richmond Code Camp was held today at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College campus on Parham Road. It. was. awesome! With 40 sessions and over 400 registered, this #RichCC was arguably the best one yet! There’s a lot that goes into planning an event of this magnitude. I commend the Code Camp …
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Introduction  The tenth Richmond Code Camp was held today at the J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College campus on Parham Road. It. was. awesome! With 40 sessions and over 400 registered, this #RichCC was arguably the best one yet! There’s a lot that goes into planning an event of this magnitude. I commend the Code Camp …
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This weekend was a little hurried and harried. I immensely enjoyed presenting at SQL Saturday #48! I got to meet one of my co-workers face-to-face for the first time and any time I get to spend some time with K. Brian Kelley (Blog | @kbriankelley) is always a treat. In the rush, I didn’t have time …
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Introduction I got to attend SQL Saturday #48 2 Oct 2010 and was honored to present. “I’m Andy, and I’m a session-hopper.” There. I said it. When I’m not presenting, I often wander between sessions. I want to learn a little something from everyone. Here are some sessions I wandered through and some notes from them: …
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Introduction This post is the twenty-fifth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series are: Goodwill, Negative and Positive Visions, Quests, Missions Right, Wrong, and Style Follow Me Balance, Part 1 Balance, Part 2 Definition of a Great Team The 15-Minute Meeting Metaproblems: Drama The Right Question Software is …
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Introduction A few years back, Microsoft gave MVPs MSDN Subcription cards they could pass on to others. The cards gave recipients access to a full-year MSDN Ultimate subscription – a $12,000 value. At the time, I was nominated for MVP but not awarded. So an MVP gave me one of the cards. He told me he …
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In the third part of our series on building a scalable, enterprise-class data warehouse for SQL Server, expressor‘s (blog | @expressor) Mike Ruland (@mruland) and I present Why Consider Semantic Integration Thursday 29 Sep 2010 at 12:00 PM EDT. Semantic rationalization is a natural progression from metadata management; utilizing metadata to abstract data integration mappings. Sound interesting? Register here. Hope …
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I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns (Part 1) and Database Design for Developers at SQL Saturday #48 in Columbia SC one week from tomorrow; Saturday 2 Oct 2010! Brian Kelley (blog | @kbriankelley), Allan Cothran (@AHCothran), Bobby Dimmick (@kr4ster), Landon Luesing, Tore Bostrup, and Bobby Heid are putting the finishing touches on a …
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I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns 1b: Incremental Loads and Parent-Child Patterns at SQLLunch today beginning at 12:30 PM EDT! This is part two of a three part series. (UPDATED)In this presentation, I walk through Incremental Load and Parent-Child SSIS design pattern basics. I also include a discussion of Change Detection in ETL. …
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In the second part of our series on building a scalable, enterprise-class data warehouse for SQL Server, expressor‘s (blog | @expressor) Mike Ruland (@mruland) and I present the importance of good metadata management tomorrow at 12:00 PM EDT. Metadata is important and hard to manage. Mike and I define metadata and talk about the many places …
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