Missing Biometric devices Node in Device Manager
If you have a Windows Hello compatible device (face or finger-print) and you are unable to use it, make sure Device Manager has a node for Biometric devices (see...
2020-05-21
10,453 reads
Missing Biometric devices Node in Device Manager
If you have a Windows Hello compatible device (face or finger-print) and you are unable to use it, make sure Device Manager has a node for Biometric devices (see...
2020-05-21
5 reads
Which Secure Protocols are Allowed on Your Servers
A script to have handy to tell you which schannel protocols are enabled / disabled for PCI or certificate compliance.
This one...
2015-12-22 (first published: 2015-12-15)
1,782 reads
Which Secure Protocols are Allowed on Your Servers
A script to have handy to tell you which schannel protocols are enabled / disabled for PCI or certificate compliance. This one works well for local servers. If you...
2015-12-15
9 reads
Display All SQL DateTime Conversions
If you want a quick way to determine which format, or style, to specify when converting a datetime value in...
2014-07-18
663 reads
Display All SQL DateTime Conversions
If you want a quick way to determine which format, or style, to specify when converting a datetime value in SQL to a character data type, you can use...
2014-07-18
16 reads
An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
My New Office
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really,...
2012-03-29
1,723 reads
An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really, but I’ll be working for the company that hosts this coaster,...
2012-03-29
3 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades ie Integration Specialist
Argenis Fernandez (blog | twitter) is hosting the latest T-SQL Tuesday and asking about specialization.
For the earlier part of my career...
2012-03-13
666 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades ie Integration Specialist
Argenis Fernandez (blog | twitter) is hosting the latest T-SQL Tuesday and asking about specialization. For the earlier part of my career I was doing application development while really...
2012-03-13
3 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Apologies
By Steve Jones
How to apologize: quickly, specifically, sincerely. Don’t ruin an apology with an excuse –...
Build a Serverless Todo App With AWS, Pulumi, and Python
Try this step-by-step guide to build and deploy a scalable serverless app that’s accessible...
Master SQL Subqueries with This Free Course
Want to boost your SQL game? Check out this free course, SQL Subqueries: Real-World...
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SQL Clustered Resource in online pending for about 3-5 mins before coming online
Hello! SQL Clustered resource used to come online during manual or automatic failover in...
SQL Query to use in MS SSRS server to give you your report structure.
Code that can be used in order to create dashboard or SSRS report on...
Temp table security
So, I have an interesting situation that I need a double-check on. One of...
Question of the Day
Escaping Like I
I have this data in a SQL Server 2022 table:
PlayerIDPlayerNamePlayerStatus 1The \%ChampActive 2The ChampActive 3The_ChampionActive 4The__ChampionActive 5The\_ChampActiveHow many rows are returned by this code in SQL Server 2022?
select PlayerName from player where playername like 'The\_C%' escape '\'See possible answers