Designing an Entity Data Model
The Entity Framework is an exciting new technology being developed for ADO.NET. It allows developers to view data using a logical model instead of a physical model, offering more flexibility.
2008-02-01
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Articles
Solving the "Running Total" & "Ordinal Rank" Problems in SS 2k/2k5
Learn how to solve a couple of common T-SQL issues with MVP Jeff Moden.
2008-01-31
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SQL Server 2005: Intro to XQuery
Longtime SQL Server expert Michael Coles brings us the second part of his his introductory look at XML in SQL Server 2005 with a short examination of XQuery, the way in which you can write queries on XML data.
2008-01-31 (first published: 2007-02-20)
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theSystem
This is one in a series of articles dealing with Database Design following the design of a single system from start to finish.
2008-01-31
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The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 3
In this article I will settle down a little bit and share with you tools that I have used as part of the data governance trade.
2008-01-31
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2008-01-31
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2008-01-31
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2008-01-31
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Revenge of the BLOB
Working with large images or other BLOB data can be a challenge for many DBAs. Andrew Sears brings us some code that can help you extract some of that data out of BLOBs and get it back into a more easy-to-work-with format.
2008-01-30
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2008-01-30
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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