Query AD using T-SQL
So I’m working on a small interface that needs to check certain computers in our enterprise for file changes, and fortunately these specific computers are kept in a group nested inside our AD structure. My thought was, if I can use a SQL query to go get that list of machines, put the results in a table, then have the interface read from that table it would always have a current list of these machines, with no maintenance required for…
Returning the Nth weekday in SQL…and in InfoPath
Ok, after much research I found a forum that had a posting that demonstrated how to get the Nth chosen weekday of a month using T-SQL. Here’s the code: DECLARE @date datetimeDECLARE @weekday intDECLARE @day datetimeDECLARE @number intDECLARE @WhichOne int SELECT @WhichOne = 2 — Set this to the week you want to grabSELECT @number = 1SELECT @weekday = 0SELECT @date = getDate() — Change to dateadd(month, 1, getDate()) for next month, etc. WHILE @weekday 4 — Change this value…
Great upcoming webcasts and seminars
It seems like September through November is heavy on developer and security webcasts. I’m including as many as I can in this entry, if anyone notices others feel free to post them in the comments below. 24 Hours of PASS – 24 one-hour long-ish webcasts from industry experts on SQL related management and development. geekSpeak: Generics and Collections (Level 200) – Webcast providing details and best practices with collections and lists in .Net Framework 3.5Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008…
New code library site
I created a basic code library site to host all of the code snippets I’ve gathered and/or created over time. Go here to visit the site. It’s pretty basic and empty right now, I’ll dress it up a little more as time goes on. I’m also trying to determine a better way of sub-categorizing the code in each of the language tabs. I welcome suggestions. Enjoy!