A Busy Week of Speaking
I'm hitting 3 venues in 5 days giving 4 different talks. If you plan on making one of these, I'd...
2012-06-07
1,058 reads
Sorry, Mikko, the box was already open
In a blog post F-Secure's Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), indicated that with the US participating in cyberattacks...
2012-06-11 (first published: 2012-06-05)
2,398 reads
After August, I'm Done Traveling for the Year
I mentioned in a post over at my Goal Keeping DBA blog that I was not planning to attend the...
2012-05-31
2,114 reads
We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.
I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...
2012-05-14
1,287 reads
One Week from SQLRally!
SQLRally is a week away (pre-cons start on Tuesday, conference starts on Thursday). I have the privilege of two sessions to...
2012-05-02
850 reads
Updated Thoughts on Antivirus on SQL Servers
I hate running antivirus on SQL Servers. I agree antivirus is a necessary evil on most systems, but I don't...
2012-04-30 (first published: 2012-04-24)
5,843 reads
Professional Productivity Books
Just as with the "soft skills" books, in my professional development presentation, I list the professional productivity books that I have found most helpful in my...
2012-04-18
915 reads
"Soft Skills" books
In my professional development presentation, I list the "soft skills" books that I have found most helpful in my career to date. You can find...
2012-04-16
1,592 reads
Re-thinking security for customer service
This morning my son woke up to find his eBook reader frozen. It wouldn't unlock. It was fully charged (the...
2012-04-12
1,277 reads
Tribal knowledge is no knowledge
I've run across several incidents in the last couple of months regarding something that is typically called "tribal knowledge." This is...
2012-04-18 (first published: 2012-04-12)
1,308 reads
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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