About Jeremiah

I'm a senior database administrator with Cass Information Systems, a SQL Server MVP, director-at-large with PASS, and I also help out with my local chapter and the Application Development virtual chapter.

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Free and Cheap Stuff!

That’s right, free and/or cheap stuff. Right now you’re probably saying to yourself “ZOMG! He’s got free stuff!”
Free Stuff!
So, what do I know about that’s free?
Data Cleansing with SSIS – Eric Veerman is going to be talking all about data cleansing. You know, getting all of the crud and nastiness out of your [...]

September 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: SQL, SQL Server, sqlpass, syndication | Leave a comment

Getting to PASS on the Cheap

The PASS Summit is coming up in a few months and I bet you’re worried about attending. It costs money; I totally understand that. But there are a lot of ways to go for cheap.

Be a speaker – oh, that deadline has come and gone
Be a chapter leader – hrmm… not too many of those, [...]

August 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: sqlpass, syndication | 7 comments

Why are you going to the PASS Summit?

Colin Stasiuk asked a great question: Why are you going to the PASS Summit? But, more importantly, Colin hits on the all important question: how do you decide which sessions to attend?
This is going to be my second PASS Summit, so I’m not an expert on picking sessions, but I have an idea based on [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: SQL, sqlpass, syndication | One comment

PASS Summit 2008 Thursday and Friday Recap

Thursday
After the Thursday’s keynote, I spent some time talking with Brent and meeting various vendors and conference attendees. It’s been good to have a little bit of time to relax, I’ve found.
After lunch, I attended Paul Nielsen’s and Louis Davidson’s presentation on smart database design. If they present on this topic, I definitely suggest [...]

November 22nd, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: SQL Server, syndication | Leave a comment

Live Blogging PASS Keynote (#sqlpass)

Liveblogging the PASS Summit 2008 final day keynote. Refresh this page for news. Or, better yet, visit Brent Ozar’s coverage for additional info.
10:04 Parallel optimization is hard. Very hard. There’s a lot going on when the data is distributed across multiple nodes. Gray Systems Lab is working with DATAllegro to solve these problems. There are [...]

November 21st, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: SQL Server, syndication | One comment