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Dee is a 32 year old woman from Bolton, England, UK.
Likes 416 pages, 10 videos, 9 photos49 fans • Received 11 reviews
Member since Apr 12, 2007
Girl Geek - loves to read!
My Site: GirlyReads.com
I'm also taming my library with Library Thing and glomming back lists of my favourite authors:
  • Angela Knight
  • Emma Holly
  • Morgan Hawke

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Ask Ben: Comparing Only Times in SQL : Kinky Solutions : A Students Perspective …
Liked it Jun 30, 3:54am 1 review databases, sql, datetime
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/129-Ask-Ben-Comparing-Only-Times-in-SQL.htm
This solved a big issue in SSIS for me. Converting to a varchar then back to a datetime kept causing a truncate error. Using this technique instead, the data flow was happy as a clam
Avoid using GAS and ELECTRIC ! - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums
Liked it Jun 26, 5:14am 1 review frugal, gas, electric, heating
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=247646
A long and interesting thread on saving on gas & electric this winter. With fuel bills set to rise 40%, well, every little helps!
Query Active Directory from SQL 2005
Liked it Jun 25, 7:43am 1 review databases, sql, active-directory
http://www.xdevsoftware.com/blog/post/Query-Active-Directory-from-SQL-2005.aspx
A useful how-to for basic information
CodeProject: Script SQL Server 2005 diagrams to a file. Free source code and pro…
Liked it Jun 25, 12:05am 1 review databases, sql-2005, database-diagrams
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/database/ScriptDiagram2005.aspx
Persist your SQL 2005 diagrams which gives the ability to recreate diagrams or port to other servers.
SQL Server 2005 SSIS: Tuning the Dataflow Task
Liked it Jun 20, 2:27am 1 review databases, ssis
http://www.simple-talk.com/content/print.aspx?article=296
SSIS Data Flow Task tuning, crap formatting, great content.
Integration Services Performance Tuning Techniques
Liked it Jun 20, 1:53am 1 review databases, ssis
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/ssisperf.mspx
A white paper to help you tune those slow SSIS packages
Sneaky ways to save the pennies - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums
Liked it Jun 16, 5:32am 1 review shopping, frugal
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=826963
For frugal folk everywhere. Now the credit crunch is biting hard, time to tighten those belts!
Get all from Table A that isnt in Table B
Liked it Jun 16, 4:02am 1 review databases, ssis
http://www.sqlis.com/311.aspx
What a life saver! Step by step showing 2 methods of inserting new records into a table using SSIS. Method 1 is long winded but works fantastically.
Scraping Links With PHP
Liked it Jun 8, 8:44am 2 reviews programming
http://www.merchantos.com/makebeta/php/scraping-links-with-php/
An interesting article on building a link scraping tool in PHP. He covers everything you need for PHP5 as well as the legal dilemma's. Read the comments for how to do this in PHP4.
Dynamically Resized IFrames - Part 2: Fitting the Content
Liked it May 31, 9:13am 1 review web-design, javascript, resize, iframe
http://www.wolfcreekconsulting.com/support/techlib/web/DynamicallyResizedIfra...
iframes are the bane of my life. Especially the Amazon shop one. This code will resize your iframe depending on it's contents.
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