Kimberly L. Tripp is a SQL Server MVP and a Microsoft Regional Director and has worked with SQL Server since 1990. Since 1995, Kimberly has worked as a Speaker, Writer, Trainer and Consultant for her own company SYSolutions, Inc. (www.SQLskills.com). Kimberly lectures for a variety of events such as Microsoft Tech*Ed, where she is consistently a top rated speaker. Kimberly is constantly working on focused, best practices content and helping customers solve problems in back-end server performance and availability. Prior to starting SYSolutions, Kimberly held positions at Microsoft including Subject Matter Expert/Trainer for Microsoft University and Technical Writer for the SQL Server Development Team.
TechTalk
16 Aug 2010
Women in Tech
Kimberly L Tripp writes
"...I do love the SQL community for so many reasons and this is DEFINITELY one of them. To be honest, I've never really felt singled out as a "WOMAN" in tech. I've always felt like just another person struggling to do the tech and to do it well. I've found that you must do things well to get ahead but I (luckily) haven't been in a situation where nothing but my gender stopped me from getting ahead or getting something done. To take that even further..."
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SQL Server
20 May 2010
A New and Improved sp_helpindex
Kimberly L Tripp writes
"...why I wrote "sp_helpindex8" it's a MUCH better version of sp_helpindex but it requires a few other components. And, it was a lot more challenging to write. Basically, this information is more internal to SQL Server and not directly exposed anywhere...."
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SQL Server
17 May 2010
Determining the Position of Search Arguments in a SQL Join
Kimberly L Tripp writes
"...search arguments should not be moved from the WHERE clause into the FROM clause unless you really know what you’re doing - you may completely change the meaning of the query… Let me explain..."
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