2010 Scripting Games
Since I've decided it's time for me to learn Powershell, naturally the best way to learn it is to dive...
2010-04-21
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
PowerShell 2.0 on Windows XP SP3 - Can It Be Upgraded?
In my last blog post I indicated that I would be adding learning PowerShell to my list of goals. I...
2010-04-15
4,985 reads
Why I Have Had a Hard Time Adopting PowerShell
PowerShell has been out for a while. When it first came out, I went and grabbed a copy and tinkered...
2010-04-14
4,269 reads
Hosting a User Group Meeting - Day of "Bare Bones" Checklist
This actually came as a response to a tweet from Mike Walsh (Twitter | Blog). But here is the barebones checklist I...
2010-04-13
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Cloud Computing - Will Data Breaches Cost More?
That's the main point from the following article:
Video: Data breaches to cost more in the cloud
The cost was calculated per...
2010-04-09
1,027 reads
SQL University Starting Back Up
Jorge Segarra's ( @SQLChicken) excellent community idea, SQL University, is starting back up next week. This is effectively free training on...
2010-04-08
738 reads
A Good Expansion on the Topic of Plagiarism
In a previous post I gave some links which help explain what plagiarism is and how to generally avoid it....
2010-04-08
658 reads
New MSSQLTips Article: Nesting Database Roles in SQL Server
I'm still way behind on my writing for the year, thanks to fighting off stronger than usual migraines and now...
2010-04-07
1,657 reads
What I Do to Prep a Technical Presentation
This was a question asked on Twitter the other day, "How do folks prepare for a presentation?" Here are some...
2010-04-06
788 reads
So you want to write a blog?
First, figure out what you want to write about. It should be something you have passion for. And it should...
2010-03-27
1,517 reads
Blogs
Using Flyway Prepare for State-Based Deployments
By Steve Jones
One of the neat enhancements made to Flyway was the addition of state-based workflows...
How I Migrated to Azure PostgreSQL Flex from Single Server
I did a couple of posts previously on dumping/restoring Azure PostgreSQL databases and also...
Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
By Brian Kelley
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and...
Forums
PowerQuery.... don't meet SSIS
I have a powerQuery that reads and transforms a table in a PDF. Works...
Count of Total Appointments within 30 days of each Appointment Date
Good Afternoon. I have a Table where each Record: 1) Represents an Appointment. 2)...
Reporting Services in Managed Instance
Hi , one of my on-premises servers one server is having databases and one...