Volunteering
I've spent my spare time the last few weekends helping a non-profit called Fast Forward here in the Columbia, SC...
2007-05-21
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting Tonight
Our next
meeting will be on Thursday, May
3rd, at 6:30 PM. Training Concepts will once again be our
gracious host....
2007-05-03
1,556 reads
Keeping Skills Up-to-Date and Discoverability
One thing is always certain about information technology: there is always change. This past week I was pitching in on...
2007-04-23
1,591 reads
Book: Brute Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard
I just finished the book Brute
Force: Cracking the Data Encryption Standard by Matt Curtin. It covers the work of...
2007-04-16
1,773 reads
Midlands PASS - April 5, 2007 Presentation posted
The presentation How to Be a Consultant has been posted to the Midlands PASS Chapter website. The presentation was given...
2007-04-15
1,605 reads
The Final Word on SQL Server 2005 SP2?
Bob Ward posted on the PSS SQL Server Engineers blog a fairly long post on SP2 and the hotfixes thereafter:...
2007-04-11
1,433 reads
New Tool: ApexSQL Audit Viewer
ApexSQL has announced a new viewer tool for ApexSQL Audit. ApexSQL Audit does a lot of the dirty work of...
2007-04-11
1,728 reads
Thoughts from Never Eat Alone
Watching a Chefograpy on Giada De Laurentiis, I learned that she was considered very much an introvert and had a...
2007-04-10
1,444 reads
More information about SQL Server 2005 and SP2
SQL Server MVP Aaron Bertrand has posted an update (April 6, 2007) on the version numbers of post SP2 hotfixes....
2007-04-09
1,371 reads
Help Johnny, Help Kids
I had heard of Johnny Long before I attended his briefing at Black Hat 2004. Well known for his research...
2007-04-09
1,511 reads
Blogs
Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
By John
One of the more frustrating aspects about creating an Azure virtual machine is that...
Monday Monitor Tips: Native Replication Monitoring
By Steve Jones
Redgate Monitor has been able to monitor replication for a long term, but it...
Advice I Like: Art
By Steve Jones
Superheroes and saints never make art. Only imperfect beings can make art because art...
Forums
Think LSNs Are Unique? Think Again - Preventing Data Loss in CDC ETL
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Think LSNs Are Unique? Think...
The AI Bubble and the Weak Foundation Beam
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The AI Bubble and the...
Question of the Day
A Big PK
In SQL Server 2025, how many columns can be included in a Primary Key constraint?
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