Jason Brimhall


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On the Tenth Day…

Silver and Gold have a way of really bringing the look and feel of the Christmas season. Silver and Gold also seem to represent something of greater value. We...

2012-12-22

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On the Ninth Day…

Creating a custom data collector can be very handy for a DBA.  Especially in times of troubleshooting.  These collectors are also quite useful for trending and analysis.  Consider this...

2012-12-21

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On the Eighth Day…

Today’s post is merely an illusion.  The illusion being that we have finally stopped talking about the msdb database.  I’ll explain about that later in this post. This should...

2012-12-20

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On the Sixth Day…

What better way to kick off the sixth day of pre-Christmas than with six slices of foie-gras?  No animals have been hurt in the making of this post! This...

2012-12-18

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Don’t Fear the Technology

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The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...

Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG

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The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...

Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows

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After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...

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Negative and Positive Numbers

If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?

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