I can talk about database almost all the day. Yesterday I had two technical meetings. One with Tech User Group of Markham and another with TorontoCASolutions. Let us go over my summary of both the meetings. Tech User Group of Markham, Canada Steve Jagadishan is very enthusiastic leader of the Tech U...

I am traveling to Toronto from Microsoft MVP Sumeet. I will be very tired as I am continuously working very hard from last 27th Feb. I am still Jet Legged from my trip from India to USA and now I am again changing time zones by visiting Canada. I get all my energy from feeling that what I am doing i...

I know, it’s hardly unique to blog about the future of newspapers these days but hear me out! I was approached quite some time ago (last fall, I think) about contributing an essay to an upcoming issue of Canadian Notes and Queries, a literary/culture magazine. The issue is a special one - taki...

As I am doing lots of experiements on my SQL Server test box, I sometime gets too many files in SQL Server data installation folder - the place where I have all the .mdf and .ldf files are stored. I often go to that folder and clean up all unnecessary files I have left there taking up my hard drive ...

Using the hash mark (#) instead of the question mark (?) Have you ever wanted to track the visits to your site from a specific link, but worried about the negative implications of using query parameters in the URL? (I know, it’s kept me up late at night too.) We recently talked with Mike Plumm...

Near the gate between the first and second layer of Hell, there lies a grotesque monument of the damned. Towering more than a mile high, howling and writhing with eternal torment, is a terror to match any other in the Nine Hells. Here lies the Pillar of Skulls. It seethes with the frustration and ha...

I just came across very interesting article from SANS Institute. Experts from more than 30 US and international cyber security organizations have released list of 25 most dangerous programming errors and their resolution. It may be possible that many of the programmers may not understand what this e...

RTFA: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7824939.stm The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world’s most dangerous coding mistakes. The 25 entry list contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals. E...

As I mentioned earlier I was traveling this week to four major cities of South Gujarat SQLAuthority Author Visit - Valsad, Daman, Silvassa, Vapi - Tech Meetings . I had tech meetings in each city. I was fortunate to meet IT head of different large organizations. My travel itinerary is as following: ...

StateStats: Explore the popularity of search queries in U.S. states StateStats shows you how popular a particular Google search is in each state. It also shows correlation with other state rankings such as obesity, income, or unemployment. Here are some examples to get you started, and remember that...