Monthly Archives: December 2011

T-SQL Tuesday #25 – T-SQL Tricks

Posted on December 13, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this time Allen White (@SQLRunr | blog) is asking for your tricks. If you want to participate, read Allen’s post and learn how. The question this month is: What T-SQL tricks do you … Continue reading →

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Jacks of all trades

Posted on December 13, 2011 by way0utwest

Does your envrionment look like the one at Instagram? I’d bet that you ha there are a few of you that have an applicaiton or two that contains as many servers, components, pieces and parts, all held together with the proverbial … Continue reading →

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Working with SQL Server Third Party Vendors

Posted on December 12, 2011 by way0utwest

I ran across Denny Cherry’s (@MrDenny) blog on Fixing Vendor Performance Problems in which he outlines three methods of dealing with the. His list is basically Work with the vendor Do nothing Fix it yourself Denny recommends that you do … Continue reading →

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Encryption Works

Posted on December 12, 2011 by way0utwest

I don’t know that the government hires the best people or they have the best tools to work with, but they have some expertise. There’s a short note from Bruce Schneier that full disk encryption (FDE) does appear to by preventing unauthorized … Continue reading →

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