Ambition
I was always someone that was ambitious as a kid. For whatever reason, I've been driven most of my life...
2007-03-22
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Blog Posts
Updated Website
I've taken some time to update my website. In particular I have updated:
ArticlesReading ListChess Reading List
Nothing fancy or special, but...
2007-03-20
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Whitepaper on ESX Server 3.0 and SAN-attached Storage
First saw this at Blade Watch. VMWare has released a white paper on using SANs with VMWare ESX Server 3.0....
2007-03-20
1,491 reads
SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices Whitepaper Released
Saw this first here: SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices. It's on the blog for Microsoft UK's SQL Server Premier...
2007-03-19
1,872 reads
Windows PowerShell and Windows Server 2003 SP2
Saw this on the Windows PowerShell blog:
Since W2K3 SP2 is an update to W2K3 SP1, if you install Powershell on...
2007-03-19
2,549 reads
"Wet" Pet Food Recall
Animals are near and dear to my heart, to the point where I have a cat even though I am...
2007-03-17
1,344 reads
The Great Migration
We migrated to a new set of servers tonight. Actually am for the Red Gate folks and a late, 11pm-2am...
2007-03-17
1,460 reads
Windows Mobile Security
I'm working on a new article for SQL Server Central talking about physical security and SQL Server and I was...
2007-03-17
1,358 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Maintenance Plans - Still not fixed yet
SQL Server MVP Aaron Bertrand has posted that there is still a bug with maintenance plans for SQL Server 2005...
2007-03-15
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New Version of ApexSQL Doc (2005.11.0203)
ApexSQL announced that a new version of ApexSQL doc is available.
News Announcement
The latest version is 2005.11.0203 and there are...
2007-03-14
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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