Paul Nielsen

MVP Book - Many Thanks!

Paul Nielsen — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:00 GMT

On behalf of the 53 MVPs who collaberated on the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book , I’m pleased to say thank you to the many who have purchased the book. Together we have raised $12,400 for www.warchild.org . If you haven’t yet purchased the book, you should:...(read more)

Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v2.0 - Denver Feb 27 – Call for SQL Speakers

Paul Nielsen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:54:00 GMT

Regional conferences are becoming increasingly popular as their quality improves. In Colorado, we began organizing the Colorado PASS Camp in 2005. In 2008, the Denver code camps and PASS Camp merged under the leadership of MVP Julie Yack to become the...(read more)

Prepping for SQL PASS

Paul Nielsen — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:53:00 GMT

PASS is just just a couple weeks away. If you’re speaking at PASS and feeling a bit nervous, I’d like to help. I’m no Jerry Seinfeld, but I have fun speaking in public and I'd like to see you have fun up front too. If you’d like some free coaching, ping...(read more)

Smart Database Design Seminar - Tucson - Oct 26-28

Paul Nielsen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:00 GMT

As I turn my focus toward my SaaS CRM startup, I’m doing less training these days, but Steve WynKoop asked me to present my Smart Database Design Seminar in Tucson – Oct 26-28. I was in Tucson a couple weeks ago for the SSWUG Virtual Conference and trust...(read more)

Planning Database Servers

Paul Nielsen — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:25:00 GMT

I’m about to purcahse servers for my software start-up (providing specialized SaaS CRM – i.e. we’re hosting other organization’s data) and since this is a good bit a change from my pocket, I’d like to survey this group. I’m purposefully wording the questions...(read more)

53 MVPs, WarChild.org, and SQLServerMVPDeepDives.com

Paul Nielsen — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Responding to BillG’s MVP Summit challenge to “Do philanthropy where you are,” The SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book is a collaboration of 53 MVPs sharing their expertise and passion for SQL Server. This is an all-volunteer book. All author proceeds are...(read more)

SQL Azure - hands on

Paul Nielsen — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:57:00 GMT

As I’ve blogged before, I like the concept of cloud database services. I think that SQL Azure is the right direction. I’ve also blogged that I’m starting a CRM SaaS software startup company. My original business plan had SQL Azure as the hosting service....(read more)

10 Big Database Ideas (take 2)

Paul Nielsen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:54:00 GMT

If you missed our 24 Hours of PASS session on database design (read the Network World Review ), Louis Davidson and I are presenting a second take next Tuesday (Sept 15th) at 8pm Eastern Time . Register now for the second take. PASS Post-Con: Advanced...(read more)

24 hours of PASS !

Paul Nielsen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:11:00 GMT

Louis Davidson aka Dr. SQL and I just finished testing the link-up for 24 hours of PASS. Live Meeting automatically switches the video based on who's speaking! who knew? Anyway, we're psyched – the Ten Big Ideas of Database Design starts at 8pm ET. Louis...(read more)

playing "Let's Pretend" with SSN data

Paul Nielsen — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:33:00 GMT

The trouble with surrogate nulls (storing real data and pretending that it represents missing data) is that you never know when the real data is going to be interpreted as real data. Here’s a twist on the surrogate null issue: a case of shorter SSN numbers...(read more)

UI Design Mock-ups made easy

Paul Nielsen — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:56:00 GMT

As I ramp up my new software company, one critical need I have is to communicate my UI ideas to clients and .Net programmers. I’ve used Excel and Visio for the task and wasn’t very satisfied with either. I figure that most of my blog’s readers are also...(read more)

SQL.alt

Paul Nielsen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:05:00 GMT

micro-ISV

Paul Nielsen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:13:00 GMT

For the past several years I’ve focused on just researching SQL Server design patterns and speaking at conferences, user groups, seminars, writing (SQL Server 2008 Bible – 1,688 pages – will be at DevLink and in the bookstores Aug 24), and I’ve had a...(read more)

Business Process Design Q?

Paul Nielsen — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:00:00 GMT

I’m adding a business process feature to my app and before I start coding, I thought it might be a good idea to vet the design past a few smart yet critical folks. The basic idea is around the concepts of events and actions. An event might be something...(read more)

Glenn Berry's way cool diagnostic DMV queries

Paul Nielsen — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Last Thursday evening at the Denver SQL Server User's Group, SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry demoed his script of diagnositc queries. Way Cool.

http://glennberrysqlperformance.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!45041418ECCAA960!1446.entry