Microsoft Offers User Groups Direct Support
If you are a leader of a Microsoft-related user’s group, and you haven’t done so already, you will want to...
2009-05-18
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Blog Posts
Sign Up to Be Notified When SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP Release is Available
If you want to be the first on your block to see the CTP (Community Technology Preview) of SQL Server...
2009-05-18
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SQL Server Encryption - Hashing Limitations
As I'm digging more into SQL Server 2008 encryption I'm learning some interesting things about how SQL Server handles encryption....
2009-05-18
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TechEd 2009 Recap
Keynote speaker, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President of Windows Business at Microsoft.
TechEd 2009 was started with a keynote presentation from...
2009-05-18
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Back in the Top 5
My rolling 30 day post count dropped crazily this weekend. I noticed, but with family committments, I didn't do anything...
2009-05-17
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The Pro-Active DBA during the Economic Tsunami
As none of us are immune to the current financial crisis, and your development projects have probably come to a...
2009-05-16
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Notes from the May 14, 2009 Space Coast SQL Server User Group Meeting
I went over last night to do a presentation to the group managed by Bonnie and Lynn. Had 11 in...
2009-05-15
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SQL Injection - Why I Don't Think Parameterization is Enough
Note:Since there have been several comments on this, I'm using parameterization at the application layer in the security sense of...
2009-05-15
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Tech Ed 2009: Best of Tech Ed Winners Announced
The best of Tech Ed in Los Ageles award winners were selected from Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine,...
2009-05-15
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Where's the Phantom Power?
Phantom power, also called Vampire power, is power that's used by electronic devices even though they're powered off. I've also...
2009-05-15
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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