Speaking at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group – November
I’m scheduled to give “The Encryption Primer” at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group on the November 13 meeting. It’s...
2012-11-06
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PASS Summit First Sessions Tomorrow
Are you in Seattle yet? Still working on getting here? Tomorrow is the first day of regular sessions at this...
2012-11-06
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Problem copying large files to a USB flash drive?
I thought I would write a quick blog on a problem I see frequently: You try to copy a large...
2012-11-06
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Another Dive into Transaction Log File Forensics
Over the past three years since I first took a look at the
insides of a Transaction Log file, I have...
2012-11-15 (first published: 2012-11-06)
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Scripting SSIS Package Deployments
Before I delve into the subject of scripting SSIS package deployments, I’m going to take a slight detour and explain...
2012-11-06
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Dynamically Create a Folder for Each Database
If you're a DBA like me then you're probably pretty detail-oriented and like to keep things very organized. For example,...
2012-11-06
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Server Level Security
We'll discuss surface area later in the week. Today let's talk about if you're able to connect to SQL Server....
2012-11-09 (first published: 2012-11-06)
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Windows 2012 Week
Over the past few weeks I have been doing some work with Windows Server 2012 and learned a few little...
2012-11-06
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SQL, Sandy, Backup & Recovery - Have a Restore Plan
Reporting
from NY, East Coast, USA: In the wake of
hurricane Sandy, or as re-classified, post-tropical cyclone Sandy (whatever
that is), we slowly...
2012-11-06
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PASS Summit 2012 News – Check- in Experience!
Registration and Check in for PASS Summit 2012 was opened yesterday (Nov 4th), and I decided to utilize this opportunity...
2012-11-05
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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