Why you shouldn’t cheat on a job interview
I see questions on various forums all the time from people who are trying to land that first job who are asking for brain dumps on what they need to know to pass an interview to get a job. Sometimes these are people who have been working in the field for a few years, and […]
It’s #sqlpass summit session announcement time
So I’ve managed to trick the kind folks of the SQL PASS program committee once again this year. I’ve gotten two sessions accepted for the summit. The first is a “regular session” which is the normal 75 minute community session during which I’ll be presenting “Where should I be encrypting my data” during which I’ll […]
Auto Close, Contained Databases and DDoS
One of the features which has been announced to be coming in SQL Server “Denali” is the “Contained Database” feature. The feature which I’m looking for the most from Contained Databases is the ability to create a user within the database without having to first create a login for the user. This will make database […]
Tech Ed Recap
I know that Microsoft’s Tech Ed 2011 ended a couple of weeks ago, and that my recap is way late, but better late than never. It’s been a crazy few weeks with EMC World 2011, Tech Ed 2011 the next week, then a two day train trip to Seattle which was supposed to have WiFi […]