MSSQLTips.com: How to Audit SysAdmin Logins
One of the first things I tried to do when logon triggers came out with Service Pack 2 of SQL...
2008-11-14
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Blog Posts
PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
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PASS, anyone?
In less than two days I'll be in Seattle for my 6th PASS Summit. I am trying to put all the...
2008-11-14
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Find the TCP port used by a named instance
We know for SQL Server default instance, if TCP/IP protocol is used, the default TCP port number is always 1433....
2008-11-13
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Google Blogs & Images
I'm using a Goggle blog for another project and overall it works fine, no complaints. I've also switched to using...
2008-11-13
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Not Going to the PASS Summit
I've been asked by a few folks whether or not I'm going to the PASS Summit. The answer is I'm...
2008-11-13
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Last Minute Prep
Next week is the PASS Summit for 2008 in Seattle and I'm trying to close down the work I need...
2008-11-12
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Latest Orlando User Group Meeting & Assorted Attendees
We had our meeting on November 11, 2008, with 27 people attending. Our featured speaker was Jessica Moss, SQL MVP...
2008-11-12
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Redoing Work
I hate redoing work. I really try to make sure that I pay attention to what I'm doing, slow down...
2008-11-12
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SQLSaturday #6 - Canceled
Just heard back from Allen White, due to his schedule and minimal success creating a true team effort plans for...
2008-11-12
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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...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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