The Greatest Trick

In reading Gianpaolo Carraro's blog I came across this entry: The architect greatest trick?!

In it he's talking about having seen...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Philosophy on Soldiering

This is taken from the book About Face:The Odyssey of an American Warrior.
The author is Col. David "Hack" Hackworth, one...

Unpatched Microsoft Windows WMF Vulnerability

If you haven't heard by now, there is an unpatched exploit in how
Windows handles WMF files. Since this handling is...

SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant available

Saw this at the book store this evening and picked it up.

SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

I'll spend the...