Monthly Archives: May 2012

The Colocated Dangers

Posted on May 8, 2012 by way0utwest

We went down. It was quite a surprise for me, and something that hasn’t happened in a long time. It wasn’t for long, but a month ago, there was a period of time when SQLServerCentral was down. It’s also one … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #30 – Ethics

Posted on May 8, 2012 by way0utwest

This month the topic is hosted by Chris Shaw, and his topic is ethics. The blog party is the second Tuesday of each month. There is a theme and it is hosted by a different blogger every month. I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Finding the Default Trace File

Posted on May 7, 2012 by way0utwest

A post more for me than for anyone else, since I’ll look for something in the default trace and I often need this snippet of code: select path from sys.traces where is_default = 1 That returns something like this: path … Continue reading →

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Mobile Password Protection

Posted on May 7, 2012 by way0utwest

I recommend people that have smartphones install a password on their phones. Not that it provides a lot of protection, but it does limit the access that a casual phone-picker-upper gets if they take the phone as a target of … Continue reading →

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