The Business Trap
We finally approved the PO for our training center equipment yesterday and along with the order for the tables, we're...
2006-05-24
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Blog Posts
SQL Prompt
I downloaded and installed SQL Prompt from Red Gate this morning. If
you aren't aware, PromptSQL was bought by Red Gate...
2006-05-23
1,623 reads
Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part I
The last few weeks I've been working on disaster recovery procedures
for my organization. We review them at least yearly to...
2006-05-20
1,650 reads
Backing up virtual machines on VMware ESX Server
I know VMware and Virtual Server
technology is becoming more and more prevalent in organizations as both
packages can greatly reduce hardware...
2006-05-17
1,614 reads
DR in Processes
The list server here at SQLServerCentral.com has a few quirks, one of which is that it doesn't run as a...
2006-05-15
1,425 reads
Security Myths
It's funny, but most articles in magazines get lost on my desk. I get quite a few subscriptions and rarely...
2006-05-15
1,437 reads
Apprenticeships
An interesting post on Database Apprenticeships. I think this is probably something we need in software development more than as...
2006-05-12
1,427 reads
Nice Article on Security Myths in May/June 2006 Issue of TechNet Magazine
The May/Jone 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine has a feature on security. One of the articles is titled Deconstructing Common...
2006-05-12
1,531 reads
Review of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, Part 1 of 4
Back in First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services,
I indicated I felt the book was worth the buy...
2006-05-10
1,457 reads
Excellent article on cracking SQL Server passwords
The SQLServerAdvisor mailing from SearchSQLServer.com had a link to a
very good article on cracking SQL Server passwords. The article, by
Kevin...
2006-05-09
1,598 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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