Something smells rotten in Denmark (it’s probably all that cheese). This past weekend I started thinking about what it really means to have your databases hosted in the cloud. My first thought was that it struck me as being exactly the same as an Application Service Provider. I mean, MS SQL is an application, right? And … Read more
Last week I attended another Hands-On-Lab at the MTC center in Waltham, MA. One of the new SQL 2008 features I was able to kick around was SQL 2008 SQL Server Audit. Truthfully, I did not even know about this feature until I was handed the lab sheet. Fortunately I was already planning on spending the day … Read more
Apparently, someone is concerned with Google searches: http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10140142-54.html Now, why are they focusing on Google? I mean, how many hits a day does Amazon.com get? Why pick on Google? What about MSN.com? (I would ask about Live Search but chances are not enough people bother using that for it to matter as far as power … Read more
One of my favorite new features for SQL 2008 is the ability to run commands against all your registered instances immediately. For me that saves time as I have over 150 instances (and growing). The other day I was reading Tim Ford’s blog entry about xp_logininfo which led to an exchange of emails between Tim … Read more
