We had the fourth meeting of CBusPASS on April 9th. There were seven people in attendance, including myself. In hindsight, we probably should have delayed the meeting for a week with the holiday weekend. That being said, we had a great meeting.
The topic was general tips, tricks, and techniques that the community uses to make their jobs easier. Three members of the community talked about various techniques including configurable keyboard shortcuts in SSMS, using templates, PowerShell, and the benefits of clustered indexes (thanks to K. Brian Kelley for that suggestion). The meeting was a great success and turning into a group discussion on a variety of other topics and best practices.
Being able to sit down with other SQL Server professionals and have a discussion about various techniques and technologies that we use on a daily basis is great. What’s even better is being able to share knowledge and learn something at the same time. We all took advantage of the setting and contributed to the presentation and were able to share our knowledge with each other. This is, honestly, the reason why I rekindled the Columbus PASS chapter and is the reason why I’m so excited to attend the PASS Summit again in November.
