New Community Resource for IT Pros - Server Fault
Not too long ago the developer community got a fantastic resource called Stack Overflow. It's a question and answer site,...
2009-05-01
1,059 reads
Brian Kelley
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Midlands PASS May Meeting
The Midlands PASS Chapter will be meeting next Thursday night, May 7, at Training Concepts. We have the privilege of welcoming...
2009-04-30
1,413 reads
Speaking / Teaching Engagements in May
May 21
I will be teaching a half day course on SQL Server security and auditing for the Midlands Chapter of...
2009-04-30
1,522 reads
The #1 Secret to Building Your Skill Set is...
Self-Discipline
Yes, I've said it: self-discipline.
I'm reading a book called Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes. Now...
2009-04-29
1,979 reads
Security Basics: Defense-in-Depth
In my security presentations, another basic I talk about is defense-in-depth. The idea here is to produce multiple layers of...
2009-04-28
4,237 reads
SQL Quiz 4: Leadership
I'm finally getting around to answering this one originated by Chris Shaw (@SQLShaw), as I was tagged by Jack Corbett...
2009-04-27
729 reads
Security Basics - The C-I-A Triad
In the course of giving my security presentations over the past year, I've learned that quite a few folks have never seen the C-I-A triad before. The C-I-A triad stands for...
2009-04-27
4,580 reads
Patterns & Practices SIG starting up in Columbia, SC
C# MVP Chris Eargle (@kodefuguru on Twitter), who is also an INETA community champion and president of the Columbia Enterprise...
2009-04-24
1,006 reads
SQL Server Security Basics: Why Would I Use SQL Server Authentication?
The standard best practice answer when it comes to connecting to SQL Server is to use Windows authentication. However, SQL...
2009-04-24
3,805 reads
Simple Maintenance Tasks for Non-Production Databases
Log File Sizes:
It's not unusual to see cases where database backups are taken from production and restored to a development or QA environment....
2009-04-23
1,342 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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