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This query comes in pretty handy at times. Brute force way of looking for stored procedures having certain text (table name, views, functions), finding dependencies. Select distinct object_name(id) from syscomments where charindex('String here', text) > 0 order by object_name(id)

Some links about Arfa Karim In smarts, she's a perfect 10'Pakistan's girl wonder' is likely the youngest certified Microsoft experthttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/232514_msftarfa14.html Somasegar's WebLog(Somasegar, a Microsoft corporate vice president)World's youngest MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) Emre Berkin (left), chairman of Microsoft’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region, and Jawwad Rehman, Microsoft’s country manager for Pakistan with Arfa Karimhttp://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/pakistan/Communities/arfakarim.aspx…

<excerpt>Welcome to Google MoonIn honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, we’ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your own visit to our celestial neighbor. Happy lunar surfing. More about Google Moon.http://moon.google.com/</excerpt> and did I mention that it proves moon being…

Rob Walling, an excellent developer, published author, MCSD.NET, MCAD.NET, a good friend and work colleague has finally subsided on our constant nagging and started blogging(RSS), very interesting writings, next to Joel on software, seriously. Software by RobThe Human Side of Softwarehttp://www.softwarebyrob.com/default.aspx

MSDN latest - Life Without Refresh Summary: Looks at creating more dynamic user interfaces using JavaScript RPC (Remote Procedure Call) to communicate with the server and update without requiring a browser refresh. AJAX: (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)  

Urdu's famous classical poet Mirza Ghalib said in early 19th century; Aur lay Aain gay bazar say agar toot gia Jaam.e.Jim Say meray Jaam.e.Safal acha hay [1] Now we can have a cyber jaam-e-jim (crystal ball) right here Google Earth – Explore, Search and Discover.  Fly from space to your neighborhood. Type in an address…

I'm having a motivation/nerd style movie marathon this weekend; it’s a way to relax after a hectic week somewhere in between working on three projects simultaneously and driving back and forth to Vegas for about 16 hours; which stands next to my only previous record of 17 hours from LA to Roswell, NM. Anyways, Rob…

My top three rated quotes from google personalization quote of the day service.   A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.  - George Bernard Shaw Runner up It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. …

Google's personalization is the best thing after sliced bread, period; but automation doesn't always pay, especially if you are possibly aggregating (fancy screen scrapping) without checking the upper bounds. Ken just sent me a picture of the personalized google where slashdot feeds says the following: Your Headline Reader Has Been Banned You May Only Load…