In honor of December 21, 2012, I have extracted this from an old post on benjf.com. Please enjoy my “best practices” for predicting the end of the world. See you on December 22. New Doomsday Prediction Rules I would like to lay out some rules for predicting the end of the world. This will be… Read More »
Upon trying to create a trace template in SQL Server Profiler, I was able to name the trace but there were no events to choose from in the “Events Selection” tab, even when the “Show All Events” box was checked. If I clicked the “Column Filters” button the entire Profiler application would close itself without… Read More »
Source of info: http://www.mattbutton.com/2011/06/01/sql-profiler-templates-missing/ Upon trying to create a trace template in SQL Server Profiler, I was able to name the trace but there were no events to choose from in the “Events Selection” tab, even when the “Show All Events” box was checked. If I clicked the “Column Filters” button the entire Profiler application would… Read More »
Ideally, when setting up a data-driven PHP site, you should have your configuration and database connection code separate from your code that generates content. What I want to display is a simple way to keep things separate and simple to work with. I use a config/index/data file structure. There are ways to further break apart… Read More »
While most people believe that only whackos and kooks believe in weather control, those who have done their homework on the subject know otherwise. Not only is it provable that the technology exists, but you can prove that everyone in congress and the senate already know about it. In the US CODE, USC Title 15… Read More »
Within a Stored Procedure, you may want the results of a particular query emailed to you, but only if there is a result. In other words, I don’t want to be notified when the result set size is 0.
Background: CBS News Law enforcement groups have discovered another way to make their lives easier at the expense of your privacy. Now all that they have to do is get enough congressmen (who accept cash and checks, by the way) to agree with them and the deal is done.
This trick is for SSMS users who like the MDI (window) environment. If you’ve noticed that new windows open with the instance connection hidden, then read on. I have your fix! Just open a query window, minimize it, and leave it there. After that, new windows will open at the correct level so you can… Read More »
Guessing games can be fun, but when I’m reading your email or forum post I don’t want to feel like I’m playing Charades. Furthermore, I don’t want to do a once-over on your writing to get context and then figure out where you should have placed periods and commas. If you are communicating in writing… Read More »