I’ve seen this approach from the CSS SQL Server Engineers blog post and wondered if I can give it a shot. We’re migrating a SQL Server 2000 database to a SQL Server 2005 instance (finally!) and that included a lot of DTS packages. While I would highly recommend upgrading the DTS packages to SSIS packages […]
Ok, so this is not my typical blog post that talks about anything Microsoft but it still is technology so it makes a good blog post. I was installing CentOS 5.2 on a VMWare Workstation image when I suddenly hit a wall with this error No Drives Found An error has occurred – no valid […]
I still see a lot of SQL Servers running using the LocalSystem account, particularly, MSDE 2000, which is very popular among third-party applications that requires storing data in a database. Others run a stand-alone SQL Server system and use LocalSystem account for the service accounts. While this may be a security risk, a lot of […]
While I am not an avid fan of social networking, its a fact that even businesses use it for their advantage – hiring people, getting potential business contacts, marketing, etc. Many people just use it for fun while others are reaping the benefits of maximizing their use. Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to name a few […]
Most of the service-oriented businesses these days know that the customer is always the king. This means doing everything they can at their disposal to make sure that their customers would be more than satisfied with their goods and services even to the extent of simply yielding to the customers’ irrational requests. Having worked for […]