Fixing orphaned SQL users
I was migrating some databases and had some orphan users that I needed to fix. So, I found the
sp_change_users_login
stored procedure. It's pretty cool. Check it out.
Tag. I'm it.
It's about time.
Steve Smith
tagged me.
Here's 5 things you may not know about me.
1) I used to be very active in the animal rescue field, mainly with abandoned ducks and geese. I've literally rescued hundreds of abandoned birds. With team of people I gathered together, we were able to successfully rescue over 100 abandoned domestic ducks and 6 geese that would have been left to either die or be tortured at Centennial Park in Santa Ana, CA. There were many other times where I rescued abandoned ducks, geese, rabbits, chickens and just about anything that was living and non-human, but that was the biggest effort I lead. An article was published about my duck rescuing:
Teen makes a habit of rescuing abandoned ducks
. I used to bring the animals I rescued home and that would drive my mother crazy. I've also volunteered with
Pacific Wildlife Project
and had my fair share of interaction with federally protected species such as endangered brown pelicans, white pelicans, various sea birds (gulls, cormorants, grebes, etc.), and many other species of wildlife protected under the
Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act
.
2) I dressed up as Cliff the Swallow for Swallows Day at the San Juan Capistrano Mission 2 years in a row.
3) I'm an Aries, which probably explains why I'm so stubborn. I was born on April 9, the same birthday as Hugh Hefner.
4) Up until sometime when I was 19, I originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but choose to enter the software development field instead. I had volunteered thousands of hours at the local animal shelter as well as worked there followed by a job at an emergency animal hospital, but my talent for programming kicked in and that's when I decided to switch.
5) When I was a baby, I was chosen as the New Years baby and got to wear a cute hat and sash.
Now it's my turn to tag 5 people. Here it goes:
Bill Ryan
,
Kevin Jones
,
Dean Fiala
,
David Silverlight
, and
John Morales
. Sorry Terri Morton. I would of tagged you, but you still don't have a blog.
1st MVP Live Chat
First of all, I'd like to say thanks to all those who attended. The 1st MVP Live Chat didn't go quite how I expected it to. Cute Chat ended up brining the server to it's knees within a matter of minutes. It took me 3 hours to get this server back to a functioning state. I'm planning on having the 1st MVP Live Chat again within the next 2 weeks and will keep everyone updated on the new date.
WHEN: Friday, January 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM EST
WHERE:
Strong Coders Community
MVP Live Chat chat room
DRESS: Optional -- it's a chat room
Microsoft MVPs will be ready to answer your questions live via chat.
Instant answers to your deepest, darkest .NET questions, like:
* Is ViewState evil?
* Do I really need to learn Javascript?
* Are all the MVPs so good looking?
Don't miss the world premier event everyone will be blogging about. Visit the Strong Coders Community and
join
today.
http://community.strongcoders.com
Announcements
The first MVP Live Chat will take place on Friday, January 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM EST. Microsoft MVPs will be there to answer your questions via live chat. To join the chat, click the chat icon (
) on the main forum page next to the
MVP Live Chats
forum.
December Strongest Coders
Congratulations to the December Strongest Coders. Thanks to those members for answering questions day and night.
1st Place - James Curran (
JamesCurran
)
2nd Place - Manish Bafna (
manishbafna
)
3rd Place - Dean Fiala (
dfiala
)
For a recap of what they won, see
http://community.strongcoders.com/forums/thread/1314.aspx
.
January Prizes
The January Strongest Coders will receive a Telerik developer license with source code license. This license will give you full access to Teleriks suite of 18 web UI and data controls as well as 21 WinForms controls with full source code.
Answer questions, win prizes.
Thanks for visiting!
Killing is bad
One of my co-workers got the below error message in Visual Studio.
For those who haven't noticed, Microsoft.com has a new look.
I was using a Audiovox XV 6700 as my cell phone. I didn't like it because it was too bulky. Today I purchased a Samsung Blackjack. It's much more compact. Now it's time for me to play with my new toy.
Last night at dinner, Wally McClure said I look like Christoph Wille. You be the judge. Christoph Wille is at the top and I'm at the bottom.
Announcing the 1st MVP Live Chat
As per
http://community.strongcoders.com/forums/1397/ShowThread.aspx
, the first MVP Live Chat will take place on Friday, January 12, 2007 at 8:00 PM EST. To join the chat, click the chat icon (
) on the main forum page next to the
MVP Live Chats
forum. Microsoft MVPs will be present during the live chat to answer your questions. Don't miss out.
WinProTeam LINQ Presentation Part II
Tonight I gave a presentation on LINQ at the WinProTeam user group meeting in Rockville, MD. My co-workers
Jonathan Cogley
and
John Morales
also gave presentations, but they took up a majority of the time on their presentations leaving me with only 20 minutes, so the title of my presentation was changed to
An Introduction to LINQ In < 20 Minutes
at the last minute. You can download the slides and sample code from my presentation
here
.
WinProTeam LINQ Presentation
Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?
Put your knowledge to the test and see if you can tell programming language inventors apart from serial killers.
Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer?
Announcements
Welcome
Leisure Suit Larry
and fellow console creatures. December is the launch of
The Gaming Lounge
, a set of gaming and XNA forums for the inner-gamer in all of us. Plug in and let us know what you think.
Prizes
Congratulations to the November Strongest Coders. Thanks to those members for answering questions day and night.
1st Place - James Curran (
JamesCurran
)
2nd Place - Kevin Jones (
vcsjones
)
3rd Place - Dean Fiala (
dfiala
)
For a recap of what they won, see
http://community.strongcoders.com/forums/thread/918.aspx
.
The December Strongest Coders will receive:
1st Prize - Secret Server 2.0 20 user license with Active Directory license
2nd Prize - Secret Server 2.0 10 user license
3rd Prize - Secret Server T-Shirt
Secret Server
is a web-based application that allows you to securely store passwords and other sensitive information.
Some of the highlights of Secret Server 2.0 are:
* Secret Type designer
* XML export of secret types
* Active Directory integration
Answer questions. Win prizes.
Thanks for visiting!
Outlook 2007
I installed Office 2007 Professional RTM a couple of days ago. I've noticed that while Outlook 2007 is receiving email in the background it slows down my computer to the point that it freezes and sometimes beeps at me. I have 2GB of RAM and a duo core processor. It has got so bad that I have to put it in Offline mode and occasionally click Send / Receive. Is anybody else having issues with Office 2007, specifically Outlook 2007?