Microsoft software: an example
The “I hate Microsoft brigade” vs the “I love Microsoft brigade” have debated for eons the merits of the company. The argument will rage until you and I are long gone. Personally, I don’t hate...
View ArticleReporting a product bug to Microsoft
I needed to update our installation of SQL Server 2008 to include Integration Services so that maintenance plans would run. I have local admin privilege on the machine, but as with most Microsoft...
View ArticleQuick tip: Use OVER to get row numbers in subsets
Consider the following. You have a set of data. Within the data are multiple subsets that share an identifier. WIthin your main set, you need to number the subsets for each item within it, e.g., Data...
View ArticleTurbocharge your SQL development: get more out of SQL Server Management Studio
When SQL Server 2000 became SQL Server 2005, a huge number of things changed. DTS became SQL Server Integration Services, and as part of the package we saw the likes of Analysis Services and Reporting...
View ArticleError formatting query, probably invalid parameters [SQLSTATE 42000] (Error...
I just tripped over this problem, and despite a fair amount of Googlage, I didn’t find anything that directly resolved my issue. I was trying to use dbMail in SQL Server 2008 to send an email on a...
View ArticleSQL Database login for x on x failed. Login failed for x. Event ID: 3351
Below follows some notes on an issue I recently encountered and spent best part of a day troubleshooting. This was occurring in a small SharePoint environment but I suspect it could occur in any...
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