Volunteers Needed For PASS SUMMIT
Last night I submitted my application to volunteer for the 2014 PASS Summit Program Committee.
Not know what PASS is? head...
2014-01-22
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Chris McGowan
2013 - The Year of Community Speaking
So, the end of 2013 is upon us and what a year it has been. The SQL Server 365 blog...
2013-12-31
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PASS Summit
It's that time of year again, the annual PASS Summit is under way in Charlotte, NC!
For those of you who...
2013-10-17
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Encryption Decryption Routine
In this post we will look at a complete end to end routine for encrypting, storing, decrypting data in SQL...
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)
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Free Tools For The DBA
In this post we will look at 5 free tools that I use on a daily basis, I'll give a...
2013-09-05
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Bank Holiday Fun - DDL Trigger
Following on from my previous post on triggers, I had made a mental note to make sure I did a...
2013-08-30 (first published: 2013-08-26)
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Trigger Status
Have you ever spent hours looking at an issue only to have your investigation hindered by a trigger? I know...
2013-08-20
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Windows Failover Cluster Monitor
Windows Failover Clusters are fantastic, they provide High Availability for mission critical SQL Server instances and make my life as...
2013-08-19 (first published: 2013-08-09)
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Disaster Recovery - Part 1 - Possibly Almost Everything But the Kit
Over the years I have been fortunate or unfortunate enough, depending on who you are to have experienced several disasters...
2013-07-26
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First Time Speaker
So this week was another first for me, I finally bit the bullet and gave a talk at the Leeds...
2013-07-25
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Blogs
Why use XACT_ABORT?
This came up one day at my work when a developer was using it....
Using AI for Data Conversion
I’m sure I’ve never mentioned that I’m an amateur radio operator. Like Vegans and...
Advice I Like: Tipping
By Steve Jones
When in doubt, overtip – from Excellent Advice for Living This is close to...
Forums
How Much AI Code Would You Use?
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Browsing for Instances
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Creating a Date Dimension (Calendar Table) in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Browsing for Instances
I have a SQL Server instance that is not listening for connections on port 1433. By default, all ports are locked down on my server, except for the SQL Server port. What can I do to allow users to connect to the instance without knowing the port?
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