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I think it’s a hole
The other day I was trying to help someone that had removed the BUILTIN/Administrators logins from their instance without first setting up another user/group as sysadmin. Actually I wasn’t helping. I was telling them that finding the media would be … Continue reading
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Am I working too much?
The other night I was tired, a few long days, early mornings with the kids, and slightly wired, but needing to rest. My wife was alseep, so I blogged a bit, watched a little TV, and then turned out the … Continue reading
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What Would I Do With a Week?
After my editorial this week on Coding By the Sea, my boss actually pinged me to say that I could have a week if I wanted. I could work on a project of my choosing for a week that would … Continue reading
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Identities and Transactions
I talked a little recently in a blog about gaps in identity values. They can occur when you delete rows, and the identity process doesn’t “fill in” those gaps or otherwise manage the values to maintain a continuous sequence. Something … Continue reading
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