24 Apr 2020
By Bob Pusateri

I’m Speaking at Data Platform Discovery Day!

Community, Speaking, SSMS, Tips & Tricks
I'm always honored to be chosen to present at events, but I'm especially happy to be speaking at the first ever Data Platform Discovery Day! Data Platform Discovery Day is "A free one-day virtual conference introducing you to the Microsoft Data Platform", and it's new this year. It's actually 2 days, consisting of 10 sessions, each 50 minutes long. There's a U.S. edition taking place on April 29, and a European edition on April 30. Anyone can attend or speak at either edition, the only real difference is time zone convenience. My Session I'll be presenting a classic session entitled…
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04 Sep 2017
By Lynn Ballard

Bacon Blog Day 4: A Cure for the Fever

Community, Humor, Off Topic, Personal, Thoughts, Tips & Tricks,
Thank you so much for sticking with me and following along on this process.  I'm really enjoying this project and I would especially like to thank Bob for allowing me to use his blog. So let's cure this piggy's belly! I've cut it up into smaller pieces so we can try a couple of different cures.  I'm using a recipe out of Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn's Charcuterie.  I love this book and even if you aren't even going to cure meat, it's great reading.  I also recommend their Whiskey-Glazed Smoked Chicken and their Smoked Scallops.  I've also made their…
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02 Sep 2017
By Lynn Ballard

Bacon Blog Day 3: Salty Talk

Computing, Humor, Off Topic, Thoughts, Tips & Tricks,
by @WidowPage Before I show you the curing process, we need to talk about salt and how it turns pork belly into bacon.  Curing doesn’t happen without salt.  If you look back into the history of bacon, humans all over the world were packing pork belly into salt to preserve the meat.  The Chinese and Europeans started curing meat as early as 1500 BC.  According to the Pork Board of America, Hernando de Soto’s herd of 13 pigs sparked early conflicts with Native Americans who developed a fondness for the taste of pork.  His herd eventually grew to 700 hogs,…
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09 Dec 2014
By Bob Pusateri

Copying and Pasting File Paths – Video Edition

Tips & Tricks
Earlier this year I did a post on a new method I stumbled up on for copying and pasting file paths. I thought it was a huge timesaver, and I use it multiple times daily. Judging from the reactions I got, I'd say plenty of others have found it useful as well. A few weeks ago, the folks at Webucator reached out to me, asking if they could make a quick video demonstrating what I show in that post as part of their free series called SQL Server Solutions from the Web. I was very happy to let them do so;…
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21 Feb 2014
By Bob Pusateri

Copying and Pasting File Paths

Tips & Tricks
I know most of my important file locations by heart. Whenever I need to do things that require typing out a file's full path, such as copying a backup or taking a peek at logs, I can type those paths from memory without issue. On the other hand, when I'm working with systems I'm less familiar with or have never seen before, my memory can't help me. At this point I've always opted for copying and pasting the paths of the file into SSMS or wherever else I might need it. This works just fine, but I've always been annoyed…
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