2014-03-31
1,564 reads
Correlation Does Not Imply Causation
One of the biggest mistakes we can make when troubleshooting is to confuse the necessary responsibility of observing activity that...
2014-02-11
1,500 reads
Why no discussion of MarkLogic / NoSQL security in light of Obamacare security fiasco?
We are awaiting Polar Vortex 2 in New England and are set to have more snow dumped on us starting...
2014-01-21
1,075 reads
Best advice I ever got on negotiating consulting rates and salary negotiations
Back when I was getting ready to take the plunge and begin consulting I sought advice from a friend who...
2014-01-20
786 reads
sometimes, you have to piss people off
Just a quick note today on being effective.
For better or for worse, I was raised by parents who had me...
2014-01-16
666 reads
2013-12-24
580 reads
Microsoft, can you please elaborate (Caution about CredSSP)?
Microsoft publishes the following caution about enabling the CredSSP Windows Group Policy:
Caution: Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) authentication, in which...
2013-12-04
905 reads
JFK
“There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And...
2013-11-21
629 reads
hacked
ugggh.
My Drupal site in AWS EC2 was hijacked and is being used by the hijackers to do port scans.
Who said...
2013-11-06
602 reads
If you buy a Hyundai, don't expect BMW results
This sort of ties in to my last post on denying reality.
Managing expectations is the most important thing to success...
2013-10-11
695 reads
Blogs
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
A New Word: Fawtle
By Steve Jones
fawtle – n. a weird little flaw built into your partner that somehow only...
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Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers