Should a placement firm tell you what they are billing the client?
As a 1099 consultant, I usually use a placement firm to find a contract job. I always ask the placement...
2012-10-18
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Blog Posts
SQL Audit – User-defined Audit Events
One thing I failed to touch on during my series on SQL Audit was the use of user-defined events in...
2012-10-18
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SQL Server # Database Backup Report using T-SQL
Today, I am going to share few very useful scripts which will report us on Database Backup from different view...
2012-10-18
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SQL Server # TSQL to Convert STRING in PROPER format
Problem Statement
SQL Server has got in-built functions to convert the given string into LOWER() or UPPER() format but it does...
2012-10-18 (first published: 2012-10-15)
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This December – An Introduction to SQL Server 2008
This December I will be presenting An Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Hand-On for Learning Tree at the LEC in...
2012-10-18
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UDL files with TRUSTED authentication - a security risk?
Hi everyone,
So the other day on twitter in #sqlhelp and privately with some friends at Microsoft and elsewhere I had...
2012-10-18
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Upcoming Webinar: Building Dynamic SSRS Reports with Analysis Services
Join me next week for a really fun presentation on building Dynamic SSRS
reports using Analysis Services cubes as a...
2012-10-18
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Virtualizing Your Business Critical SQL Servers – Free Boot Camp by House of Brick – Update
Just before SQL PASS Summit in November, House of Brick and I will be holding a free boot camp (update – link removed after event was...
2012-10-18
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Visio 2010 Workaround: Application Hangs when opening ‘Database Model Diagram’ template
I received the following error today when attempting to use Visio’s ‘Database Model Diagram’ template under category ‘Software and Database’.
The...
2012-10-18
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Visio 2010 Workaround: Application Hangs when opening ‘Database Model Diagram’ template
I received the following error today when attempting to use Visio’s ‘Database Model Diagram’ template under category ‘Software and Database’. The program VISIO.EXE version 14.0.6122.5000 stopped interacting with Windows...
2012-10-18
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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Changing the AG Listener
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