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Open Software is a Great Resource
Open Software is a Great Resource Many have written in with examples of how Open Source software has been essential to their business solutions. Today, as I close out this topic, I am including comments from David. They pretty much encapsulate the comments as a whole. David Writes: Putting on my developer hat, open source software is a great boon. […]
Disk Encryption
Disk Encryption Do you need Disk Encryption? Let’s ask a few questions? Do you have a laptop you carry with information you would not like for others to obtain? Do you have complete security on all of your workstations containing protected information? Do you have servers that may be decommissioned without destroying all sensitive information? These are all scenarios we […]
Accidental DBA Tip
Accidental DBA Tip One of the most important tasks of an Accidental DBA is to assure that access to your database is set correctly. Developers naturally build applications using the least restrictions possible when connecting and manipulating a database so that they can rapidly develop applications. Often they use an account to connect to the database server having administrative privileges. […]
REST – OData vs. GData
New SSWUGtv Show Avoiding surprises with your SQL Server configuration… who is changing what? Raj Sabhlok of ManageEngine on the show to talk about more holistic monitoring of your servers, plus Laura Rose with time management tips. [Watch the Show] REST – OData vs. GData Are these two different protocols really the same thing? As you may know, the intention […]
Accidental Programmers Unite
SSWUG TV With Stephen Wynkoop In this edition you’ll find Eric Johnson and Stephen Wynkoop talking SSIS, and Laura Rose is back with more tips for your career. Watch the Show Webcast Tomorrow – Last day to register, free for Full Members! SSRS Data-driven Subscription using SSIS SQL Server Reporting Services provides a powerful tool to render report based on […]
ELMAH
Reporting Services Webcast Next Wednesday Data-driven Subscription using SSIS… SQL Server Reporting Services provides a powerful tool to render reports based on information in a database table. However, you are required to purchase an Enterprise license of SQL Server in order to use this feature. Next Wednesday (Feb. 1), Russel Loski, who is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and an independent […]
Newest Log4Net Release is Dot Net 4.0 Compliant
Newest Log4Net Release is Dot Net 4.0 Compliant Logging is an integral part of any application. The developers of Log4Net have created a fantastic infrastructure for logging. What really makes it cool is: It is configuration driven – ie. you can change the way it works by making changes in your configuration rather than your code. You can have it […]
On Error Resume Next
MDX Training (Chicago) Our training partner, SolidQ, will be hosting a hands-on, instructor-led course on Jan. 31-Feb. 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Lisle, Illinois. The course will guide students step-by-step through the Analysis Service 2008 Multi Dimensional eXpression (MDX) OLAP query language. Tim Peterson, the course instructor and author of several books on Business Intelligence, will provide […]
Reader Reactions on Recent Entity Framework Editorials
SSWUG-TV With Steven Wynkoop, Sam Brace, and our Field Reporter – Kevin Kline In this new episode of SSWUG-tv we take a look at the purchase of Green Hat by IBM. Come Check It Out Is Entity Framework the successor to ODBC? Lots of good input on this topic. Some of the responses are contradictory. Here’s what some of our […]