Category Archives: Editorial

An Upgrade Slog

Posted on July 8, 2024 by way0utwest

I saw a blog post from Randolph West recently that asked How do you restore a SQL Server 2000 database in the year 2024? It’s a bit of a process, involving an intermediate version and two restores. Randolph also points … Continue reading →

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Protecting Schools

Posted on July 5, 2024 by way0utwest

One very common targets for hackers are schools and universities. The latter may have plenty of resources for staff, but often school systems don’t have that same type of budget. In many ways, it’s sad that hackers would target schools … Continue reading →

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Midsummer Fun

Posted on July 5, 2024 by way0utwest

Yesterday was Independence Day in the US and a day off for me. Today, I’m back to work. Same for my rocket engineer son, one day off. My wife remembers a few of her companies giving a 4-day weekend when … Continue reading →

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Xp_cmdshell Use Cases

Posted on July 3, 2024 by way0utwest

I had someone ask me recently how to run xp_cmdshell on a Linux version of SQL Server. I told them you can’t, as it’s an unsupported feature and not one that I expect to see released. I had to double-check, … Continue reading →

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