Daily Archives: May 18, 2011

Fun with SQLskills

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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

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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

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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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