Slammer, Alive…Barely
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm it caused came largely due to unpatched, unprotected SQL...
2012-01-24
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Slammer, Alive…Barely
Slammer
By now you must have heard of the SQL Slammer worm. It was quite an infectious little nuisance. The harm...
2012-01-30 (first published: 2012-01-24)
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A Script a Day
In February I will be starting a series of Blog Posts I'm calling a "A Script a Day". Each day...
2012-01-24
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PASS Performance VC Reboot
The PASS Performance Virtual chapter is getting a reboot. We all know that responsibilities and schedules change, and that meant...
2012-01-24
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A New SSD For My Laptop
I’ve managed to get by for more than 3 years with the original 64G SSD in my laptop, but lately...
2012-01-24
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Read contents of a file to variable – SSIS
Sometimes you will find the need to import a file to a variable using SSIS. In this post, I’ll use Script...
2012-01-24
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Clicking on Links in Email
Every security awareness presentation makes the warning about opening attachments or clicking on links in emails when you don't know...
2012-01-24
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Determining Active Directory Group Membership
As discussed in my previous post I prefer to use Windows authentication over SQL authentication on my SQL Servers. There...
2012-01-24
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Generate test data using DBGen
Over the last couple of months I have on several occasions found myself in need of test data for demos,...
2012-01-24
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Afterthoughts: IT Pro Camp Orlando 2012
This past Saturday January 21, 2012 I had the opportunity to speak at my first IT Pro Camp in Orlando,...
2012-01-24
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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