August 29, 2012 9:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
PDF,
SQLThese days creating PDF files is getting easier and easier, especially when you are using a Microsoft Office application like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. to create the initial document. However all too often you want to create a PDF file from another application like Firefox, Chrome, IE,...
August 9, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
AlwaysOn,
Availability Groups,
Azure,
Data Loss,
Data Security,
Database Administration,
Database security,
Microsoft Windows,
Security,
SQL,
SQL Server,
SQL Server 2000,
SQL Server 2005,
SQL Server 2008,
SQL Server 2008 R2,
SQL Server 2012,
StorageIn case you missed the blog post over on securingsqlserver.com, I wanted to repost it here...
I'm afraid that I've got some bad news. You can no longer pre-order
August 2, 2012 4:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Data Encryption,
Data Loss,
Data Security,
Database Administration,
Database Design,
Database security,
Encryption,
Exploit,
Hashing,
Security,
SQL,
SQL ServerThe title of this post pretty much says it all. If you store sensitive data in a database you have to work under the assumption that someone is going to try and break into the system and steal that data. Thinking otherwise simply isn’t responsible as the developer and/or administrator of the...
July 30, 2012 4:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Data Loss,
Data Security,
Database Administration,
Database security,
Exploit,
Security,
SQL,
SQL ServerSQL Injection is probably the most popular attack vector for hackers when they attempt to break into databases. The reason for this is that it is so easy for an attacker to gain access to the system, and typically to get pretty high level permissions to a database engine so that they can then...
July 19, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Microsoft Word,
SQL,
SQL Server,
WritingThose of us that have worked on books have probably all run across the same problem at one time or another. When you are going through the book writing process, you always end up going back and wanting to add a code example, or a screenshot somewhere in the middle of the chapter, and you then...
July 5, 2012 6:31 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Database,
SQL,
SQL Server,
Tech Ed,
vCenter,
Virtualization,
VMware,
VMworld,
VMworld 2012,
vSphere 5.0I've submitted a lot of sessions to a lot of conferences over the years. And while the feedback from some of the conferences is a little cryptic thanks to the review team only having access to canned responses, it'll do. Now personally I'd love to get specific feedback saying exactly why my...
February 6, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Distaster Recovery,
Laptop,
SQL,
SQL ServerThe other day I had a VERY unpleasant situation happen. I managed to dump a basically full 64oz (1.8 liter) cup of iced tea all over my desk. In theory this shouldn't be a problem but it landed right on top of one of my laptops. Thankfully the laptop was off but it was plugged in when this...
December 28, 2009 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
Clustering,
SQLThis question has come up a couple of times on various forums on the Inter-webs so I figured I'd write up something a little more in-depth than I'd be able to do on a forum.
There's no way to easily flip a standalone SQL Server instance to a clustered instance. However moving a standalone...
December 17, 2009 11:00 AM
Posted by: Denny Cherry
SQLAll to often when people deal with parallel queries they see that some threads of the query have a wait type of CXPacket so they assume that the parallel execution plan is causing a problem, but it probably isn’t.
