2021-04-28
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Hardware
Will You Touch a Server Again?
Steve doesn't think he will ever work on server class machine again in terms of hardware. He wonders how many of you feel the same.
2021-02-17
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The Database Server Upgrade for Let's Encrypt
Let's Encrypt upgrades their database servers and publishes the details.
2021-02-01
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Data Analysis Without a Server
The ability to analyze lots of data on a workstation can be a way to test things without overloading server systems until you are sure your code works.
2020-08-25
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2020-08-12
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2020-07-25
291 reads
Better Laptop Life
Intel is building hybrid processors, combining the power of the regular CPUs most of us use with Atom power saving technology.
2020-07-08
100 reads
Secure Enclave Concerns
A new security flaw in Intel SGX is found by researchers. This may or may not be a problem, but you should be aware.
2020-03-14
69 reads
Better Protection from Hardware
Today Steve looks at a research project from Microsoft that provides some better protection from firmware security issues.
2019-12-17
142 reads
2019-10-18
376 reads
Blogs
SQL Homework – December 2021 – Changing collation
I can only speak for the locations I’ve worked at of course, but in...
Be careful with table updates
The dire warning in the subject line is not meant to scare you. Rather,...
Daily Coping 1 Dec 2021
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
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Get Full Name and Last Name in Report
Hello, i have tried multiple expressions from websites and couldn't get the real answer....
Help with Column Visibility Expressions
I have a parameter in my report labeled as PaySource. PaySource has 3 values...
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