PromptSQL Review
I had the opportunity recently to take a look at PromptSQL and offer a
review on it. That review hit SSC.com's...
2006-01-18
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Blog Posts
SSC Moving
As if it weren't enough that I was moving my home, the SSC site is also moving. I'll drop some...
2006-01-18
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A Funny Thing Happened at Starbucks
I decided to commit to the book, so I'm waiting on some information and a contact from my co-author and...
2006-01-12
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Awesome Interview on Windows Vista Kernel Architecture
This actually premiered on Channel 9 right before Christmas. It is an
interview with Rob Short, a Microsoft VP in charge...
2006-01-07
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Guidance on .WMF patch from Mike Nash, Microsoft Corporate VP
There is a new posting from Mike Nash on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/01/05/416980.aspx
Relevant quote:
So the thing that I...
2006-01-05
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Microsoft .WMF Security Patch Releasing Today (out-of-cycle)
Microsoft has announced they will release a security hotfix at 2 PM PST for the WMF design flaw. More details...
2006-01-05
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Remote DBA
I'm getting ready to look for a new cell phone and I got lots of suggestions from my editorial on...
2006-01-05
1,525 reads
To Write or Not to Write
That's the decision to be made.
Apress contacted me about the update for my book. I wrote 1/2 of the Designing...
2006-01-05
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Sample Chapter from Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
Brian Knight posted a sample chapter for Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
to his blog a few days ago. Last...
2006-01-04
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Simple Script to Report Tables Sizes in a SQL2K Database
Last week we had an issue with a database growing unexpectedly. The
database in question supported an infrastructure type 3rd party
application...
2006-01-04
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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