Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might...
2012-11-12
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Arnie Rowland
Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
20 reads
Rules of Holes #1: Stop Digging
You may have heard of the 'First Rule of Holes'. It goes something like this: " When you suspect you might be in a hole, stop digging. " That...
2012-11-12
23 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic...
2011-11-07
894 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic evolved into a discussion of Sponsors, and eventually, fund...
2011-11-07
17 reads
Financial Transparency is Good for Community
I was recently in a conversation with several people that had previously organized one or more community events. The topic evolved into a discussion of Sponsors, and eventually, fund...
2011-11-07
13 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone’s clamoring to cut taxes -but no...
2011-09-26
900 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
17 reads
Paying for Free
It seems like there is a widespread malaise in the country these days. Everyone's clamoring to cut taxes -but no one wants to have their neighborhood school closed, or...
2011-09-26
13 reads
There should only be one ...
When visiting clients, I often find that one or more databases have a table (or several) containing metadata. Most often,...
2010-11-16
624 reads
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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