Day 2 of MVP Summit 2009 was all technical sessions under NDA. It was also my best day, as fellow MVPs chose me as a most contributing MVP of the year.
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SQLAuthority News – MVP Summit 2009 – Day 1 – Summit Welcome and Keynotes
Day 1 of MVP Summit began with the summit welcome and keynotes at a big gala event. Before that, a few Indian MVPs had fun at the Seattle Space Needle.
SQLAuthority News – MVP Summit 2009 – Day 0 – About Pinal Dave
Day 0 of MVP Summit 2009 in Seattle. People keep asking where I am from, so here is a little about Pinal Dave, a SQL expert from Ahmedabad, India.
SQLAuthority News – MVP Summit 2009 – Database Industry Discussion – Live From London Airport and Sheraton Seattle
On the way to MVP Summit 2009 I met fellow MVP Suprotim Agarwal, and our trip became a database industry discussion. Here are our top five points.
SQLAuthority News – MVP Summit 2009 – Journey Begins
My MVP Summit 2009 journey begins: I leave for Mumbai today and will be at the airport from 10 PM to 2 AM. If you are around, come say hello.
SQL SERVER – 2008 – Find Relationship of Foreign Key and Primary Key using T-SQL – Find Tables With Foreign Key Constraint in Database
A T-SQL script that finds every table with a foreign key constraint and shows how each foreign key relates to its primary key, now with schema names.
XPath First Items: Parentheses Change the Selected Nodes
XPath first items can mean one per parent or one overall. Compare step-local [1] with a parenthesized path, including full XML and empty selections.
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