Smart As A Bear?
I got this at Hobby Lobby for $7 on sale, it’s about the width of a license plate and a little taller, and I think perfect for the office. There is a lot of humor in that one small sign!
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Warrant Canaries & Transparency
I recently ran across the warrant canary FAQ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The concept is simple – put up a statement now saying that so far you have not been compelled by a secret order to turn over data to the government. Wikipedia has an entry for it. The example I read about […]
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On September 25, 2014 we’re pleased to have David Pless presenting an all day seminar on Enterprise Management and Monitoring Solutions with SQL Server 2012 / 2014. On September 26, 2014 we have Jason Horner presenting Zero to Dimensional Modeling Hero. Each seminar is $120 and includes lunch. Registration is open!
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If you deal with security and especially credit cards it’s worth spending an hour or two to read the 2014 Data Breach Investigation Report and the 2014 PCI Compliance Report. Lots of interesting stuff in them. The PCI report in particular calls out some of the changes in DSS v3 – I promise some of […]
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The most recent one I wrote was a “question from error message” pattern. An experienced DBA should get it easily, a new one may struggle, and that’s good. I saw as I wrote it there were two ways to frame it; pick the “best” answer and pick “all” the answers. Best is subjective and I […]
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The trip didn’t start smoothly for this one. Wed night I was really sick with some kind of stomach flu. I was able to crawl out of bed mid morning on Thursday to work and Thursday afternoon didn’t feel too bad. Thursday night was truly miserable so I slept until noon on Friday and was […]
Read more "Notes From SQLSaturday #298"Off to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #298
I’m looking forward to returning to Jacksonville after missing a year (or two?) to speak at SQLSaturday #298. I’m driving up with my family this afternoon to beat traffic and go to the volunteer dinner, then I’ll be at the event all day tomorrow. If you’re in/near Jacksonville I hope you’ll attend (and say hello […]
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If you’re wondering who the mystery speaker is – it’s me! I’ll be doing two presentations at Magic Pass on May 28, one about credit card security and one about learning plans. All the details at http://magicpass.sqlpass.org/ (or soon will be anyway). If you’re in the Orlando area I hope you’ll attend.
Read more "Speaking at MagicPASS on May 28, 2014"Another User Has Locked My File!
I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened up one of the files it was processing and got this message: I get the idea and I’ll hunt around to find what has it open, but I’m bemused at ‘another user’ which […]
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My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about writing the question. I think my mistake was not writing the wrong answer explanations. Had I done that maybe I would have caught an assumption I made that lead to the discussion. Lesson learned, at […]
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