Moving The Bottleneck
Most of you probably get that there will always be a bottleneck in a system. You implement a fix in...
2013-07-24
579 reads
SQLAndy
I Learned Something From You
I learned something from you – that was something someone said to me at the end of a recent consulting engagement....
2013-07-23
752 reads
Upscale Bowling
I don’t bowl often, maybe once a year at best. It’s a fun way to spend a couple hours – I...
2013-07-22
702 reads
Security Cameras in the Neighborhood
I live in a pleasant, calm, middle class neighborhood. Not much crime here, at most the rare break-in or vandalism,...
2013-07-19
724 reads
More on Finding Bad Links On Your Blog
Yesterday I mentioned using the Google Webmaster Tools to identify some bad URL’s here on the blog. I decided to...
2013-07-19
634 reads
Fixing Bad Links Found Using Google Webmaster Tools
I’ve been doing various clean up tasks this week related to the blog, with part of that being a review...
2013-07-18
825 reads
PASS Security Virtual Chapter & Security Topics at PASS Summit
I just saw a post from Brian Kelley about the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter launching and the first presentation...
2013-07-17
601 reads
Speakers Announced for SQLSaturday #232 in Orlando
It’s done, finally! The sessions for SQLSaturday #232 have been selected and the schedule is available for viewing. We have...
2013-07-17
695 reads
PCI Compliance Presentation on July 17, 2013
Next week I’ll be doing a new presentation about PCI compliance – aka dealing with credit cards – online (follow this link...
2013-07-09
528 reads
Notes from the 2013 American Association of Woodturners Symposium
This was my first time attending the AAW Symposium, hosted by the American Association of Woodturners. Here are some quick...
2013-07-02
778 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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