I am attending and speaking at SQL Saturday Redmond today. My presentation is at 2:45pm and on SQL JOIN Types,  and the following topics will be covered: Basic SELECT INNER JOIN LEFT OUTER JOIN RIGHT OUTER JOIN LEFT OUTER JOIN with exclusion RIGHT OUTER JOIN with exclusion SEMI JOIN ANTI SEMI JOIN CROSS JOIN FULL OUTER JOIN FULL OUTER JOIN …

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There is a lot happening right now, so I thought I would put together a brief overview of upcoming speaking engagements. May 13th – When Corruption Strikes (PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Meeting) May 16th – Exploring SQL Server Join Types – INNER, OUTER, and much more… (SQL Saturday Redmond) June 9th –  When Corruption Strikes 2 (HADR Virtual Pass Chapter) June …

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Yesterday I blogged about submitting to SQL Saturday Denver, which is about 5 months away, after writing that post, I realized that I haven’t even blogged about SQL Saturday Redmond which is occurring in just over 2 weeks. SQL Saturday #393 Redmond marks just 3 years since my first time speaking at a SQL Saturday #108 in Redmond. So lets …

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This year the Denver SQL Saturday is being held on September 19th. I believe it has been 2 years since I attended SQL Saturday in Denver.  Since the last time I was at SQL Saturday Denver, my employment has changed. Previously I was employed as a full time employee at a local company. Now I am a freelance database consultant at …

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My second presentation at SQL Saturday in Portland Oregon is Advanced Common Table Expressions. Here is the outline for the session. 1. Hierarchical Recursive CTEs 2. Manipulating Data 3. Common Use Cases 4. CTE Performance Considerations Download the presentation and samples here:  Advanced CTEs.zip See Also: Introduction to CTEs presentation

Today I am at SQL Saturday Portland Oregon, and at 9:00am I am presenting the Introduction To Common Table Expressions session: Here is the abstract: Have you ever wanted to create a recursive query, but didn’t see how to do it. With the Common Table Expressions session you will learn everything needed to start using CTE’s for recursive queries, as …

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I will be attending SQL Saturday #265 in Portland Oregon on November 16th 2013. This will be my second time attending SQL Saturday in Portland, and it is looking to be a great event. There are some great speakers on the line up that I am looking forward to learning from. I will be presenting 2 sessions on Common Table …

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I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Denver, presenting on Advanced Common Table Expressions.  This presentation should be a lot of fun.  I will be covering all the advanced and fun CTE features that I haven’t had time to fit into my introduction to CTE session in the past. Here is the outline of the session: 1.Recursive CTEs. 2.Hierarchical CTEs. …

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  One of my sessions was accepted for SQL Saturday #190 in Denver this year. Please come see my CTE presentation. Common Table Expressions – Introduction Have you ever wanted to create a recursive query, but didn’t see how to do it. With the Common Table Expressions session you will learn everything needed to start using CTE’s for recursive queries, …

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