Monthly Archives: December 2012

Building a Full Text Index

Posted on December 19, 2012 by way0utwest

I hadn’t used full-text indexing in production throughout my career. We hadn’t had the need in the applications I worked on, all of them depending on LIKE searches in specific, normalized data. However I have always been interested in it … Continue reading →

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Those Who Can, Do

Posted on December 19, 2012 by way0utwest

There was a time I considered staying in college, getting a masters or PhD and teaching others. I still might follow that path at some point since I enjoy speaking and teaching others how to better work with SQL Server. At some … Continue reading →

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The Principle of Least Privilege

Posted on December 17, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the tenets of good security is that no person or process is granted more rights than it needs to accomplish a task. This is the Principle of Least Privilege, and is designed to ensure that your system is … Continue reading →

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Annual Email Pruning

Posted on December 17, 2012 by way0utwest

Like most of us, I get a lot of email. I get subscribed to various services from different ads, events, etc. throughout the year. That’s fine. I understand how marketing works, and the reason that I get some free services, … Continue reading →

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