What I'm Reading (5 Oct 2008)
Technical:Counter Hack Reloadedby Ed Skoudis with Tom Liston
It's a security book and I'm rather late getting a review of it...
2008-10-05
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Blog Posts
An Inconvenient Stay
I'm in Indianapolis for the Indy Tech Fest, having been talked into speaking by John M. He started emailing me...
2008-10-03
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Blog Changes on SQLServerCentral.com & Visiting The IndyTechFest
Perhaps you've noticed a few of the blog changes if you visit via the web rather than RSS. One good...
2008-10-03
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Speed or Value - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-10-03
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Thanks to Andy Leonard
Midlands PASS was privileged to host SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard (Blog #1, Blog #2, his VSTS site, Twitter) tonight...
2008-10-03
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Through the Looking Glass: Elegant -or Not?
SQL Server as an EAV Database -Good Idea?
It seems like I am getting more and more inquires from potential clients...
2008-10-03
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A Lost Day - Blog Upgrades
We upgraded our blog server yesterday, making some changes and better integrating the blogs into the site. We now have...
2008-10-02
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Jumping the Gun - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-10-02
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Never say 'never' to the WHILE loop.
/* download the test text file Moby-Dyck.zip here */
/* You might notice that I refer to Moby **** in this blog. This is because the busybodyish...
2008-10-02
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A Focus on Novice DBAs: My Upcoming PASS Presentations
The PASS Community Summit 2008 is coming up fast (November 18-21, 2008), and if you are attending and you are...
2008-10-01
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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...
Forums
cons for a dev machine in a different version of sql from our prod server
hi, im not a dba. For a couple of years our dev sql server...
Inquiry – Enforcing ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly via GPO
Hello, I would like to ask whether it is technically possible to redirect a...
Calculating Geometric Mean in Power BI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Calculating Geometric Mean in Power...
Question of the Day
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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