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  • Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    yeah, I did too.

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  • GilaMonster (12/3/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    Look at it this way. If the blog is offline with a database error, you can sit back and say 'Wouldn't happen if it was SQL Server'

    You got that right!

    I'm a firm believer in the KISS principle:

    Keep

    It

    SQL

    Server

    πŸ˜€



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  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/3/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    @sqlandy setup WordPress on our SQLShare server, using MySQL. He wasn't happy, but ultimately he was more concerned with WordPress as a tool and not worried about the underlying platform. He's trying to convince me to move my Blogspot blogs over there.

    I've got to support him on that. WordPress is simply outstanding.

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  • Grant Fritchey (12/3/2010)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/3/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    @sqlandy setup WordPress on our SQLShare server, using MySQL. He wasn't happy, but ultimately he was more concerned with WordPress as a tool and not worried about the underlying platform. He's trying to convince me to move my Blogspot blogs over there.

    I've got to support him on that. WordPress is simply outstanding.

    For those of you who are WordPress bloggers, I'm curious about something. For those who have their wordpress blog hosted by someone, how do they handle patching wordpress. Same for those who host it yourselves... I.E. the patch that came out at the beginning of the week fixing a SQL injection vulnerability. How quickly do you or your provider update your/their instance? Is it fairly painless or have there been issues with previous updates? It seems to be a platform that's becoming targeted more and more by the bad guys.

    -Luke.

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  • Luke L (12/3/2010)


    Grant Fritchey (12/3/2010)


    Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/3/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    @sqlandy setup WordPress on our SQLShare server, using MySQL. He wasn't happy, but ultimately he was more concerned with WordPress as a tool and not worried about the underlying platform. He's trying to convince me to move my Blogspot blogs over there.

    I've got to support him on that. WordPress is simply outstanding.

    For those of you who are WordPress bloggers, I'm curious about something. For those who have their wordpress blog hosted by someone, how do they handle patching wordpress. Same for those who host it yourselves... I.E. the patch that came out at the beginning of the week fixing a SQL injection vulnerability. How quickly do you or your provider update your/their instance? Is it fairly painless or have there been issues with previous updates? It seems to be a platform that's becoming targeted more and more by the bad guys.

    -Luke.

    I manage everything. I have the alert that I need to install the patch and I'm going to do it this weekend.

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  • Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    HA! I had the same feeling of guilt when I set mine up. There is a project underway that lets you set it up with SQL Server, but I didn't feel like going through the hassle. Plus, my provider allows multiple MY SQL databases, but only one SQL Server database.

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  • Grant Fritchey (12/3/2010)


    ... I manage everything. I have the alert that I need to install the patch and I'm going to do it this weekend.

    I'm just getting started, but it will be same with me. Host does not manage WordPress. It's my installations.



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  • Anyone with some SSIS/flatfile export experience help me out at this thread, please?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1030096-148-1.aspx

    sjimmo and I have been going back and forth about workarounds but we're apparently missing the main question, which is what am I doing wrong in the interface itself. I'm assuming it's just a brainfart.


    And to keep the randomness going, anyone got started on their Christmas Shopping yet? I always dread doing it.


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  • Craig Farrell (12/3/2010)


    Anyone with some SSIS/flatfile export experience help me out at this thread, please?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1030096-148-1.aspx

    sjimmo and I have been going back and forth about workarounds but we're apparently missing the main question, which is what am I doing wrong in the interface itself. I'm assuming it's just a brainfart.


    And to keep the randomness going, anyone got started on their Christmas Shopping yet? I always dread doing it.

    There should be a spackle article on this... I thought it was just you so I went in and set up a package and ran into the same problem. Someone else posted in your thread a link to another thread with the answer.

    We are a Business Objects shop here so we use Data Integrator/Data Services and my SSIS has become rusty. I Really like Data Integrator. I don't have to do a lot of ETL anymore because we have a dedicated person for this. I did learn it a few month back when he was on vacation and I was covering him. It's a lot more intuitive.

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  • Trey Staker (12/3/2010)


    There should be a spackle article on this... I thought it was just you so I went in and set up a package and ran into the same problem. Someone else posted in your thread a link to another thread with the answer.

    Maybe I'll put one together.

    We are a Business Objects shop here so we use Data Integrator/Data Services and my SSIS has become rusty. I Really like Data Integrator. I don't have to do a lot of ETL anymore because we have a dedicated person for this. I did learn it a few month back when he was on vacation and I was covering him. It's a lot more intuitive.

    I have yet to use that tool. Apparently it works rather well, from your advocation.


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  • Roy Ernest (12/3/2010)


    I have tried my level best to help this OP in the replication section. I went through different scenario, but no luck. Could someone take a look at this?

    On another note, WayneS gave a wonderful presentation for our User group yesterday evening. It was well presented and everyone liked it. There were some technical issues from our side but WayneS had the patience to go through it. Thanks Wayne.

    I got to listen in on that one. Well done, Wayne. And well done Roy for acting as a moderator for questions. Except for the occasional slowdown on the long-haul line, it was a flawless presentation on both your parts.

    --Jeff Moden


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    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


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  • GilaMonster (12/2/2010)


    Tom.Thomson (12/1/2010)


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    GilaMonster (12/1/2010)


    You know there's a problem when...

    In the last 2 weeks there have been three resignations at current client:

    The senior developer (leaving only 2 permanent developers)

    The Chief Enterprise Architect

    The CIO

    I sense the fire under the pressure cooker might get bigger.

    The last 2 - seems like you have a car with no steering wheel.

    Greg E

    No - the first two may be a problem, but the last one probably means that the monkey is no longer playing with the steering wheel.

    In this case the CIO was doing a fairly decent job of fixing all the historical problems with the IT department (of which there were many). Left because the executives above (CFO mostly) was making it impossible to do the job. (CIO can't even approve a $3000 hardware purchase without the CFO's approval, and the CFO always says no)

    It reminds me of the old conductor's poem...

    "It's not my job to drive the train,

    Nor even ring the bell,

    But let the damned thing jump the track,

    And watch who catches hell." πŸ˜›

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • With Jeff Moden Posted Today @ 10:58 PM

    Jeff are you pulling another 40+ hour week?

    Relax man, do you rXmas shoping.

    If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

    Ron

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  • Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    You're not alone.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • Steve Jones - SSC Editor (12/3/2010)


    Alvin Ramard (12/3/2010)


    I have a confession to make.

    While setting up WordPress yesterday, I had to create a MySQL database.

    I hope y'all will forgive me. πŸ˜›

    Hope everyone is having a great day.

    @sqlandy setup WordPress on our SQLShare server, using MySQL. He wasn't happy, but ultimately he was more concerned with WordPress as a tool and not worried about the underlying platform. He's trying to convince me to move my Blogspot blogs over there.

    Wasn't @sqlandy trying to make it work on SQL Server for a bit too?

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
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