Technology Musings
In: Windows
29 Dec 2008Connect back home to encrypt your network traffic. If you’re on a Windows box and have the SSH server already accessible, you can be on your way in minutes.
In: Linux
24 Dec 2008Got a misbehaving application preventing logout or maybe there’s a game that demands then entirety of your screen? There’s a couple of different ways to start a second X11 instance, both of which are very easy to use. One requires just a few keystrokes, and the other allows you to embed one session within your existing.
In: SQL Server|SSIS
24 Nov 2008SSIS does not allow an FTP password to be set through Expressions. Fortunately, we can manually set the value stored in a variable through a Script Component.
In: SQL Server|SSIS
12 Nov 2008SSIS breaks when processing embedded text qualifiers in flat file sources. Tutorial on how to configure a script component to manually split on delimiters.
In: SQL Server
4 Nov 2008Unlike my last post on the issue, instead of simply pointing to another blog for instructions on how to query Active Directory from SQL Server, I’ll provide some useful tips on getting things all working.