Android Game: Slice-It
The eternal challenge with games, and free/cheap software in general, is knowing what’s out there, especially since you don’t always...
2011-07-15
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Blog Posts
My first PowerShell Script to Move Folders
I just had my first encounter with having to write a PowerShell script. The request seemed pretty harmless when I...
2011-07-15
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Re-blog – July 8-July 14
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-07-15
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SQL Server “Denali”: Installing SSAS Multidimensional vs Tabular Mode
As I play with the recently released CTP3 of SQL Server Denali, I wanted to point something out about installing SSAS, since...
2011-07-15
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Developers Training Kit
If your looking for presentations, demos, hands-on labs and videos to help you better understand SQL Server 2008 R2, then...
2011-07-15
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Tracking table changes seamlessly with Change Data Capture (CDC)
I am going to describe quite forgotten feature in SQL Server 2008. It is Change Data Capture (CDC) – powerful feature...
2011-07-15
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Bad Admins: Stealing An Account
Yesterday I posted about manipulating group membership to get access to a SQL Server. Today comes attack vector #2: stealing an...
2011-07-14
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Effective Permissions on a Database
written by David Postlethwaite
Ever wondered who has what access to your database or a particular object within? With the ever...
2011-07-14
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How to move the TempDB Database
Note that TempDB is recreated every time SQL starts. Why is this important? It means we don’t have to move the...
2011-07-14
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Office Work
I have been working at home for over 8 years, sharing an office with my wife for most of that...
2011-07-14
1,745 reads
Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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