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A few weeks ago, AtlantaMDF offered scholarships for each of our upcoming Pre-conference sessions at SQL Saturday #220. We would like to congratulate the winners!
David Thomas
SQL Server Security
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If you love SQL Server training and are near the Atlanta area, or just love us so much you're willing to travel here, please come join us for:
SQL SATURDAY #220!
The main event is Saturday, May 18. The event is free, with a $10.00 lunch fee. The main page has more details here: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/220/eventhome.aspx
We are also offering pre-conference sessions on Friday, May 17, by 5 world-renowned presenters:
Denny Cherry:
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Mike Fal (b | t) is hosting this month's T-SQL Tuesday on Trick Shots. I love this choice because I've been preoccupied with sneaky/tricky/evil SQL Server stuff for a long time and have been presenting on it for the past year. Mike's directives were "Show us a cool trick or process you developed…It doesn’t have to be useful", which most of my blogging definitely fits, and "Tell us what you learned from this trick…tell us how it gave you insight in to how SQL Server works", which is definitely a new concept. I've done a lot of reading and watching...
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is being hosted by Aaron Nelson [b | t], fellow Atlantan (the city in Georgia, not the famous sunken city, or the resort in the Bahamas) and covers the topic of logging (the recording of information, not the harvesting of trees) and maintains the fine T-SQL Tuesday tradition begun by Adam Machanic [b | t] (the SQL Server guru, not the guy who fixes cars, check the spelling again, there will be a quiz later). This is a trick I learned from Fernando Guerrero [b | t] waaaaaay back during the PASS Summit...
(Yeah yeah, technically it's in Alpharetta, but it's close enough.)
Saturday…Saturday….Saturday…. September 17th. TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN!
OK, it's not a tractor pull, but it's even better: FREE SQL SERVER TRAINING! They have a bunch of great speakers lined up, and for some reason, me. (Protip: be good friends with the program committee, have sufficient bribe funds, and if all else fails, lots of alcohol, drugs and a camera. Ba-ZING! You too can speak at SQL Saturday!)
I will be presenting Revenge: The SQL! in a new and improved SQL Saturday themed presentation. Actually, it's the same ol' presentation, I just updated the slide...