Password Resets
I read this piece from Troy Hunt, which is a long look at the password reset process for a web...
2012-07-31
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Blog Posts
Reading Excel into SSIS via OpenXML Scripting
Reading Excel data isn't easy. It should be, but there's a lot of unfortunate barriers in the way that I've discussed before. They boil down to one main reason:...
2012-07-31
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SCRIPT: Basic Information About Indexes
I’m having a little fun with documenting basic information about indexes in my current project. I’m posting the scripts here...
2012-07-31
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SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups – Part 4: Adding new Replicas
In the last 2 blog postings you have learned how to setup your first Availability
Group with SQL Server 2012. Today...
2012-07-31 (first published: 2012-07-26)
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#GetHawt – The Summer 2012 Edition
Jen McCown started a #GetHawt set of posts last year and I think it went well. It must have, so...
2012-07-30
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August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las Vegas SQL Server Users Group. We have had to...
2012-07-30
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August 2012 S3OLV Meeting
Well well well. It has certainly been a long time between announcements on the blog about meetings for the Las...
2012-07-30
1,596 reads
PASS Is Hiring Another Evangelist–Could It Be You?
Just about a year ago PASS hired Karla Landrum to fill the vacancy of the Community Evangelist and that marked...
2012-07-30 (first published: 2012-07-25)
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SQL Server Orphanage – Using sp_change_users_login to find and fix all orphaned SQL users
Every wonder who all your orphaned SQL Server users are on your server? Just run the script below and copy...
2012-07-30
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SQLSaturday #171 Pittsburgh Prep Continues
Hey, did I mention that Pittsburgh is having a SQLSaturday this year?
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo:Herbert Spencer, used under Creative Commons...
2012-07-30
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
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Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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