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.
SQLAuthority News – Author Visit – MVP Global Summit 2009 – Seattle and Redmond
I am all set for my first MVP Global Summit 2009 in Seattle and Redmond, March 1 to 4, to meet other MVPs and the Microsoft product teams.
SQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad User Group Meeting February 21 2009 – Meeting Report
My review of our Ahmedabad user group meeting February 21, 2009: a growing crowd, two sessions on index usage and IDENTITY, and great feedback.
SQL SERVER – Technical Articles – Performance Optimizations for the XML Data Type in SQL Server 2005
A must read Microsoft article on performance optimizations for the XML data type in SQL Server 2005: data modeling, bulk loading, XML indexes and queries.
SQLAuthority News – SQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad User Group Meeting January 17 2009 – Review
A review of our first Ahmedabad User Group Meeting of 2009, with three back to back performance tuning talks on index usage, query optimization and MERGE.
SQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad User Group Meeting January 17 2009
The Ahmedabad User Group Meeting on January 17, 2009 has three back to back talks: query optimization, index usage with ORDER BY, and the MERGE statement.
SQLAuthority News – Recap Year 2008 – Two Most Important Event of My Life
Recap year 2008: the two most important events of my life were my SQL Server MVP award and marrying Nupur on December 12. Happy New Year to all.