2014-03-31
1,565 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
1,503 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
1,076 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
791 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
669 reads
2013-12-24
581 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
907 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
630 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
604 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
697 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers