Daily Archives: May 18, 2011

Fun with SQLskills

Posted on May 18, 2011 by way0utwest

I’m in a fun mood today, so a few silly items for you. The last few weeks, Paul Randal (blog | @PaulRandal) of SQLskills has been doing a quiz on Twitter some days. He’s asked some rather difficult questions on … Continue reading →

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How To Make Your Laptop 100x Faster

Posted on May 18, 2011 by way0utwest

Simon Sabin had his own take on increasing laptop speed. He had some good ideas, but he inspired me to try to top his suggestions. Here’s what I came up with: Anyone needing help, let me know. I can swing … Continue reading →

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Stalking the Bad Guys

Posted on May 18, 2011 by way0utwest

Suppose you found some malicious code on your system. Maybe it’s a login that didn’t below at the sysadmin level, or maybe a stored procedure that might disable a trigger, make a change, and re-enable the trigger. What do you … Continue reading →

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