Living with the Surface, Maybe
No major updates at the moment. I still haven’t played with remoting through PowerShell. I’m just living with it.
Had an...
2012-11-19
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Tools of the Trade
I needed to upgrade my tools. It was not a matter of “want” but of “need”. It’s no longer enough to have just the bare...
2012-11-19
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What if your database server was hacked and all your data was deleted?
Recently in the news an article circulated about a coordinated attack by a team of hackers known as Anonymous. Information...
2012-11-19
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Surface: Standard Onscreen Keyboard
If you feel that the default on-screen keyboard on the Surface RT isn't sufficient, you can enable what I would...
2012-11-19
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Bob Duffy
ok, everyone has their favorite SQL guru and favorite SQL tips. There are some people whose names you associate with...
2012-11-19
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Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 3 fn_dblog
As part of this Transaction Log Internals series, In this article we are going to observe the use of fn_dblog and some of its important...
2012-11-19
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (Nov 2012)
Here is the November 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2012-11-16
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Rules of Holes #4: Do You Have the BIG Picture?
Some folks decry the concept of being in a 'Hole'. For them, there is no such thing as 'Technical Debt', no such thing as maintaining weak and wobbly legacy...
2012-11-16
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Rules of Holes #4: Do You Have the BIG Picture?
Some folks decry the concept of being in a 'Hole'. For them, there is no such thing as 'Technical Debt', no such thing as maintaining weak and wobbly legacy...
2012-11-16
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #173 in Washington DC
I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #173 in Washington DC at the Microsoft MTC in Chevy Chase, MD, to speak on...
2012-11-16
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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