Mastering SQL Server Profiler E-Book Available for Free
After a lot of delays, my book on how to use SQL Server Profiler has been published by Simple-Talk Publishing,...
2009-01-21
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Blog Posts
Notes from the January 2009 oPASS Meeting
We had our first oPASS meeting of the year last week with about 18 attending. Jonathan Kehayias was our featured...
2009-01-21
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Play the T-SQL Alphabet Game
I recently had the opportunity to play the T-SQL Alphabet Game, which was introduced to me by SQL Server MVP,...
2009-01-21
1,253 reads
Video: xp_cmdshell execution in SQL Server 2005/2008
The video I did for Jumpstart TV on xp_cmdshell execution has hit the front page. Registration on the site is...
2009-01-21
686 reads
Conficker / Downadup Worm One More Time
Hopefully by now everyone has seen this, but if not, here's a reminder to continue to spread the details. Denis Gobo...
2009-01-20
909 reads
Fake LinkedIn profiles with links to malware
This is a little old (five days based on the last update), but TrendMicro put on their blog about fake...
2009-01-20
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Getting Information Where We Want It
I’ve been running every day, over 100 days in a row now, and one of the things that has helped...
2009-01-20
851 reads
Netbooks & Alternatives
A while back I mentioned that Radio Shack had an interesting promotion on a netbook and debated at what price...
2009-01-20
1,299 reads
Networking - Part 3
Continuing the conversation I began in Part 1 & Part 2, today I want to ruminate some more on networking. I've...
2009-01-20
1,137 reads
Kindle Review – How I Read
In the last 4 months of having the Kindle, I’ve gone through a few different ways of reading on it...
2009-01-19
960 reads
Blogs
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
CMS server query & temp tables
I am annoyed. We have a CMS server that has hundreds of servers saved...
The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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