Password Cracking–Part 1
I’ve run into the not uncommon situation where there is a SQL login and no one seems to have the...
2014-05-15
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Peace Officers Memorial Day and Half Staff
Today is Peace Officers Memorial Day and that’s why the flag is at half staff (Had to search, I didn’t...
2014-05-15
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SSRS Nugget: displaying placeholders when no rows are returned
A few days ago there was an interesting question on the forum:
How can I get None in each cell of...
2014-05-21 (first published: 2014-05-15)
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Granting or denying permissions to all of the tables within a database
When granting or denying permissions to the tables within a database you have two options. You can either add the...
2014-05-20 (first published: 2014-05-15)
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Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Formatting
I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...
2014-05-20 (first published: 2014-05-14)
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Drop Me? No, I Don’t Think So–Question of the Day
Drop Me? No, I Don’t Think So is my latest question of the day and has to do with dropping...
2014-05-14
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2014-05-14
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Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 7
Just spent some time re-reading my notes far and my ideas from before – glad I wrote them down, lots and...
2014-05-14
541 reads
Smart As A Bear?
I got this at Hobby Lobby for $7 on sale, it’s about the width of a license plate and a...
2014-05-14
315 reads
Warrant Canaries & Transparency
I recently ran across the warrant canary FAQ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The concept is simple – put up...
2014-05-14
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Calculating Min-Max Normalization in PowerBI
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Question of the Day
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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