How to Read the Results of SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
The simple query SELECT @@VERSION can quickly tell you quite a bit about a SQL Server installation (and the underlying...
2010-01-07
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Handling Database Mirror Failover within an SSIS Package
Recently I was asked how to handle a Mirrored Database Failover within an SSIS package. For those of us that...
2010-01-07
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2009 PASS Summit Presentation Results
I opened my inbox Wednesday morning to find the evaluation results for my presentation on Transactional Replication at the 2009...
2010-01-07
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Bad Default Database Leads to a Failed Login Attempt
Yesterday we had a user receiving the infamous failed login attempt error (no, that's not a valid IP):
Login failed for...
2010-01-07
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Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I recently finished reading the Apress book SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam. I...
2010-01-07
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Too Much Data – Idiocracy or Star Trek?
I used to think that too much data was never a bad thing. That having more information out there is...
2010-01-07
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Recharging
I was hoping that 4 days in the mountains would be a nice time to recharge. Unfortunately, with my wife...
2010-01-07
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #32 in Tampa on January 23, 1010
I’ll be heading to Tampa the afternoon of the 22nd for the speaker party, and then presenting Social and Not...
2010-01-07
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Error rsAccessDenied : The permissions granted to user 'Toma-PC\Toma' are insufficient for performing this operation.
In my problem of the day, I found this one out on the Microsoft Reporting Services Forum. I bumped my head...
2010-01-07
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10 Goals For 2010
As is the traditional thing to do at the beginning of a new year I'm making goals for what I'd...
2010-01-06
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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