I don’t care and why that is good for my blog
I expressed in my About page that this blog is never meant to be a technical blog. But the pressure...
2012-06-22
809 reads
Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.
T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Logging
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Nelson (@SQLvariant | Blog). The topic is about logging. Many will talk about...
2012-06-12
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Getting started with SQL Server on private cloud
I have been invited to a private beta of SQLDirector by ScaleGrid. “SQLDirector is a MS SQL as a Service...
2012-06-06
1,536 reads
Review of “Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010?
Disclaimer: I wrote this review as a participant to O’Reilly Blogger Review Program.
If you’ve never seen a programming code in...
2012-06-05
1,080 reads
Are you ready?
I have talked about wanting a change. I thought I am prepared to embrace that change when it finally comes.
I...
2012-06-01
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Your SQL Server database just failed, can you restore the backup?
It’s one thing to be able to backup a database, it’s another thing to be able to restore it into...
2012-05-09
4,509 reads
On the road less traveled: a DBA Roadmap review
The story of why I came up with this blog is no secret to the few readers I have here. In...
2012-05-03
1,371 reads
Who are the sysadmins in this sql server?
Here’s a quick query that you can run to find out the users with sysadmin fixed server role. Sysadmins have a...
2012-04-24 (first published: 2012-04-23)
33,102 reads
10 must follow blogs that might not be in your list
There are few memes going around in the SQL world. Probably the most popular of them is TSQL Tuesday (#tsql2sday)....
2012-04-16
1,775 reads
Limiting user access to your database
There are situations where you need to grant SELECT permission to a particular user and limit that access to a...
2012-04-11
2,514 reads
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