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Preventing PsPad from Opening the Last File Used on Startup
I recently started using PsPad as a general purpose text editor. It’s freeware, portable, and offers a lot of great editing features such as syntax highlighting, bracket matching, and regular...
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Meme Monday: I’ve Got 99 Problems…
In this month’s Meme Monday, Tom LaRock challenges us to list nine things that can go wrong with SQL that aren’t a result of disk issues. Here are mine: Selecting from a view returns an error because...
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T-SQL Tuesday #18-CTEs: What a CTE is Not
A common beginner’s misconception about Common Table Expressions (CTEs) is that they are a real result set, like those produced by a temporary table or table variable. In fact, the opposite is true:...
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TSQL-Tuesday # 18: Using a Recursive CTE to Create a Calendar Table
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday topic is so much fun to write about that I’ve decided to create a second post. When Recursive CTEs were introduced in SQL Server 2005, many people gave examples of how they...
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Finding an Expression Definition in a Graphic Execution Plan
Today on Twitter #SqlHelp, someone asked how to find the definition of an expression in a graphic execution plan. I thought I’d pass along my answer in case it helps someone else. Consider a very...
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Meme Monday: Please, Don’t Ask Stupid Questions
I’ll never forget my very first day as a philosophy TA. I’d been assigned to”Introduction to Ethics” and Professor Oldenquist was describing his expectations and class mechanics. After explaining that,...
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My Windows Home Server Project
I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks because I decided to build a Windows Home Server and the project wound up consuming a lot of my free time. As I was researching the build I was disappointed to...
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Resolving My Problems Installing and Using the Windows Home Server 2011...
Are you having problems installing the WHS 2011 Connector or connecting to your server with Launchpad? If so, you may want to check the status of your NetTcpPortSharing service. I’ve found that...
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Reading Nook Books on a Kindle Fire: How to Install the Nook Reader on Your...
I bought a first-generation Nook shortly after they were released and it soon became one of my favorite possessions. No matter where I was, my favorite books and magazines were always available! My...
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So I Bricked my Kindle Fire…And Got it Back Again
I was growing tired of the Kindle Fire’s Carousel and decided to try a new launcher. Without doing my homework, I downloaded and installed the Ice Cream Sandwich Launcher. My Fire got stuck in an...
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Preventing PsPad from Opening the Last File Used on Startup
I recently started using PsPad as a general purpose text editor. It’s freeware, portable, and offers a lot of great editing features such as syntax highlighting, bracket matching, and regular...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meme Monday: I’ve Got 99 Problems…
In this month’s Meme Monday, Tom LaRock challenges us to list nine things that can go wrong with SQL that aren’t a result of disk issues. Here are mine: Selecting from a view returns an error because...
View ArticleClik here to view.
T-SQL Tuesday #18-CTEs: What a CTE is Not
A common beginner’s misconception about Common Table Expressions (CTEs) is that they are a real result set, like those produced by a temporary table or table variable. In fact, the opposite is true:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TSQL-Tuesday # 18: Using a Recursive CTE to Create a Calendar Table
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday topic is so much fun to write about that I’ve decided to create a second post. When Recursive CTEs were introduced in SQL Server 2005, many people gave examples of how they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finding an Expression Definition in a Graphic Execution Plan
Today on Twitter #SqlHelp, someone asked how to find the definition of an expression in a graphic execution plan. I thought I’d pass along my answer in case it helps someone else. Consider a very...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Windows Home Server Project
I haven’t posted for a couple of weeks because I decided to build a Windows Home Server and the project wound up consuming a lot of my free time. As I was researching the build I was disappointed to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Resolving My Problems Installing and Using the Windows Home Server 2011...
Are you having problems installing the WHS 2011 Connector or connecting to your server with Launchpad? If so, you may want to check the status of your NetTcpPortSharing service. I’ve found that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reading Nook Books on a Kindle Fire: How to Install the Nook Reader on Your...
I bought a first-generation Nook shortly after they were released and it soon became one of my favorite possessions. No matter where I was, my favorite books and magazines were always available! My...
View ArticleClik here to view.
So I Bricked my Kindle Fire…And Got it Back Again
I was growing tired of the Kindle Fire’s Carousel and decided to try a new launcher. Without doing my homework, I downloaded and installed the Ice Cream Sandwich Launcher. My Fire got stuck in an...
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