Monday 22 October 2018

Emergency Shelters And Relief Supply Drop Off Points

Hey all, today I'll be using this space for something pretty serious that is affecting my country.

Of late, Trinidad and Tobago has been besieged by endless rain, resulting in mass flooding and loss of property. Many lives are being severely affected.

To that end, I threw up a quick map using Power BI to show relief centers. The map can be found below. Please click the double sided arrow in the bottom right corner to expand to full-screen.

You can also help to add to the map by filling out the short form below:
Shelters and Drop Off Points

Thank you to all who contribute to the data collection, and I wish everyone the best during this time.


EDIT (28/12/2018):
As the emergency times have passed, I made some small changes to the map. I have added a 'State' slicer which defaults to 'Active' relief points. You can un-check it to see the full list of all those who helped during our rough times. In fact to make sure they don't go unforgotten, I've listed all the companies that I have recorded at the bottom of this post. Truly remarkable on everyone's part.




Saturday 20 October 2018

Mini Post: Detecting Orphaned Users; sp_change_users_logins

Good day all! We are all the way in October 2018 and we are due for another SQL Something! Man is the year flying by!

Today, we are looking at detecting orphaned users. In short, these are usually users that do not have an associated SQL login.

You can detect these 'orphans' using the sp_change_users_login stored procedure with the @Action='Report' option.