Monthly Archives: July 2020

Daily Coping 23 Jul 2020

Posted on July 23, 2020 by way0utwest

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. Today’s tip is to … Continue reading →

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Tonight is the PASS Marathon on SQL Server Performance

Posted on July 23, 2020 by way0utwest

The event is tonight, and it’s my first time helping out as a moderator. I got a call for volunteers, and I added my name. The event starts at 1800GMT and runs for a few hours. You can register here. … Continue reading →

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Color Coding a Database on All Servers with SQL Prompt

Posted on July 22, 2020 by way0utwest

SQL Prompt has some nice color coding features, but sometimes I want a database to keep the same color, regardless of instance. I don’t know that I’d recommend this, but since I work in demo environments across versions, this is … Continue reading →

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Hacking the Admin

Posted on July 22, 2020 by way0utwest

Recently Twitter had a security breach, with a silly scam. At least, I’d think it was silly. I saw a tweet from Elon Musk noting that he’d return $2k in bitcoin for every $1k anyone sent to him. He was … Continue reading →

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