Midlands PASS Restart – October 2, 2018
The Midlands PASS Chapter, a local group of PASS, will restart on October 2nd, 2018. We will be meeting at...
2018-08-20
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Brian Kelley
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ISACA Class: Auditing SQL Server in Every Way Possible
At this year’s TechnoSecurity and Digital Forensics Conference I gave a 1 hour presentation on auditing SQL Server. There were...
2018-08-09
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New at Simple-Talk: Principles of Data Protection
My latest article, Principles of Data Protection, has been published at Simple-Talk! I address the basic problem and how we...
2018-07-02
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I’m published at Simple-Talk!
My first article has gone live at Simple-Talk! Thanks to Aunt Kathi for the opportunity!
Detecting Data Breaches
I’m also still writing...
2018-06-12
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New Article: Return SQL Server Connections Information Using sys.dm_exec_connections
I’ve started a new series at MSSQLTips.com walking through the various Dynamic Management Objects we have available to us in SQL...
2018-05-18
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Speaking at Idera’s Live Virtual Conference
Have you heard about Idera’s Live Virtual Conference? It is being held on May 16, from 9 AM to 3...
2018-05-01
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Webinar: Auditing with Extended Events
I’m giving a webinar today, April 5th, at 3 PM Eastern, on using Extended Events to audit your SQL Servers....
2018-04-05
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Troubleshooting SQL Server Error 15517
Last week I had the following error message repeating over and over again in the SQL Server log of one of...
2018-03-21 (first published: 2013-04-22)
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Webinar: Identify and Eliminate SQL Server Performance Issues
I’m giving a webinar tomorrow, March 22, 2018, at 3 PM Eastern.
Free Registration Link
Here’s what I’ll be covering:
Are you struggling...
2018-03-21
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Speaking at the 2018 Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference
One of my favorite conferences is held in Myrtle Beach, SC, in June. It’s a security and digital forensics conference which...
2018-03-01
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers