Today I will be speaking on the subject of Spatial Database at Community Tech Days at Ahmedabad. The event is absolutely FREE. We have so far received 500+ RSVP but there are only limited 250 seats are available. We are doing our best to inform everybody about their registration status. If you have received confirmation email, I suggest that you come in early enough to reserve the place.
SQL SERVER – Find Queries using Parallelism from Cached Plan
I recently came across wonderful blog post of Feodor Georgiev. He is one fine developer and like to dwell in the subject of performance tuning and query optimizations. He is one real genius and original blogger. Recently I came across his wonderful script, which I was in fact writing myself…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Funny Technology Quotes – Humor
I am including a few of the interesting quotes today. Let us see Funny Technology Quotes. Here are few interesting new lessons.
SQLAuthority News – SolidQ Journal Released – A Must Read for All
SQL Server is one of the most popular products of Microsoft and a large amount of quality content is available online. Solid Quality Mentors have together built a superior quality journal, which contains the best of the best authentic articles from renowned experts of SQL Server. When I downloaded SolidQ…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Win USD 11,899 worth MSDN Subscription 5 Days to go
Few days ago, I had posted content SQLAuthority News – FREE Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN. It has received tremendous response to them. This competition is still open for 5 more days. I am sure you can win the subscription if you leave the best comment. Win $…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – SELECT * FROM dual – Dual Equivalent
This blog post is for all the Oracle developers who keep on asking for the lack of “dual” table in SQL Server. Here is a quick note about DUAL table, in an easy question-and-answer format. What is DUAL in Oracle? Dual is a table that is created by Oracle together…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Identifying Statistics Used by Query
“Can I know which statistics were used by my query?” Recently, someone asked this question in my training class of query optimization and performance tuning. I really liked the question. The answer for me is very simple. “No.” Well, if I stop here suggesting only “No,” it will be an…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – SQL Server Quickstart Downloads from Microsoft
Here are few recent published by Microsoft. Application Platform Optimization SQL Server Migration QuickStart The SQL Server Migration QuickStart includes a comprehensive set of technical content including presentations, whitepapers and demos that are designed to help you get details about how to approach your customers who want to improve the…
Read MoreSQLAuthority News – Community TechDays, Ahmedabad – July 24, 2010
Dive deep into the world of Microsoft technologies at the Community TechDays and get trained on the latest from Microsoft. Build real connections with Microsoft experts and community members, and gain the inspiration and skills needed to maximize your impact on your organization while enhancing your career. What more… you…
Read MoreSQL SERVER – Datetime Function TODATETIMEOFFSET Example
Earlier I wrote about SQL SERVER – Datetime Function SWITCHOFFSET Example. After reading this blog post, I got another quick reply that if I can explain the usage of TODATETIMEOFFSET as well.