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A New Word: Fitzcarraldo

Posted on July 28, 2023 by way0utwest

fitzcaraldo – n. a random image that becomes lodged deep in your brain – maybe washed there by a dream, or smuggled inside a book, or planted during a casual conversation – which then grows into a wild and impractical … Continue reading →

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Which Schema is Queried First?–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on July 26, 2023 by way0utwest

I had to test something for a customer, and as a part of this there as a need to have a different default schema for a user. I wrote about that, but one of the things that occurred to me … Continue reading →

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Republish: The Minimum Upgrade Point

Posted on July 26, 2023 by way0utwest

I guess I’m technically working today. I’m at That Conference in Wisconsin, speaking and networking with fellow software geeks, but I’m expecting to be mostly out of touch, I’m republishing The Minimum Upgrade Point

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A Security Change with SQL Compare 15

Posted on July 24, 2023 by way0utwest

Actually, this is a change for many products and software that connects to SQL Server. Updated drivers require us to now decide to trust the server certificate. This is part of a series I have on SQL Compare from Redgate … Continue reading →

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