Security by Obscurity?
If you're not familiar with the term it means to make something safe/secure by using a trick to hide the...
2008-06-01
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Blog Posts
Now on Twitter
A few colleagues of mine, Andy Leonard, Jason Massie, and Chuck Boyce, are all on Twitter. As a matter of fact,...
2008-05-30
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Security Issue with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
I have a CTP of SSRS 2008 deployed to one of my servers. Today I built a couple of reports...
2008-05-30
2,549 reads
Trainer training
I have been thinking about getting the MCT credential for about five years. During the MVP Summit I attended a...
2008-05-30
1,305 reads
Link: Avoiding Burnout
Ran across this article about burnout and thought it worth posting. Burnout is not fun to experience and heading it...
2008-05-29
1,429 reads
Using IN with possible NULL values
There is a little quirk with NULLs when using the NOT IN qualifier. I use the term "quirk" loosely here...
2008-05-29
1,599 reads
Good Links on Speaking
Brian Kelley posted Giving a Presentation about a week ago and is worth reading, in particular his suggestion about Toastmasters...
2008-05-28
1,464 reads
Kindle Part 2
Or maybe part 3, depending.
Amazon reduced the cost of the Kindle yesterday. It's $40 off, a 10% discount, down...
2008-05-28
1,688 reads
Pictures from Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting
Last night the Midlands PASS Chapter had the pleasure of hosting SQL Server MVP Brian Knight. I was able to...
2008-05-28
1,550 reads
Backups of Backups
After being gone for 4 days, I've got a little catching up to do. I try to be prepared before...
2008-05-27
1,501 reads
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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