Apprenticeships
An interesting post on Database Apprenticeships. I think this is probably something we need in software development more than as...
2006-05-12
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Blog Posts
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
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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
1,460 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
1,599 reads
Share Your OPML
Dave Winer announced bringing back Share Your OPML
on Friday. I wasn't keeping up with many RSS feeds back when the
original...
2006-05-08
1,556 reads
Security Awareness for Developers - What would you include?
If you were putting together a security awareness training program for
developers, what aspects of SQL Server security would you include?...
2006-05-06
1,844 reads
Going to TechEd 2006 in Boston!
As of right now, it looks like I'm going to TechEd 2006 in Boston. If you're going to be there...
2006-05-05
1,459 reads
Scaling out SQL Server 2005 article
This article appeared just recently on MSDN:
Scaling Out SQL Server 2005
It's a relatively high level document which covers how to...
2006-05-05
1,560 reads
SysInternals EULA Updated
The SysInternals licensing has been updated on the SysInternals website.
The new licensing is something you'll want to take a look...
2006-05-05
1,473 reads
PromptSQL purchased by Red Gate Software
It appears that PromptSQL has been purchased by Red Gate Software. I
haven't seen a news announcement about it, and there's...
2006-05-04
1,530 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers