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...

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  • 2012-12-20
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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...

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  • 2012-12-19

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...

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  • 2012-12-19

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...

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  • 2012-12-14

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...

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  • 2012-12-07

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...

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  • 2012-12-06
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