A Happy Birthday Present from Minionware
The Midnight DBAs and Minionware are having a birthday celebration. You can get your present of a free license today only.
2016-07-15
4,085 reads
Articles
SQL Server 2016 Temporal Table Query Plan Behaviour
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, Rob Farley takes a look at a couple of unexpected aspects of query plans you might observe when using Temporal Tables in SQL Server 2016.
2016-07-15
3,095 reads
Introduction to Row Level Security in SQL 2016
In SQL 2016 several new security features gets introduced which will help users to protect their data in many ways. New security feature Row Level Security (RLS) which implements the security inside the database itself, not at application level.
2016-07-14
4,626 reads
Different Options for Importing Data into SQL Server
Moving data into SQL Server is something that most DBAs or Developers are faced with probably on a daily basis. In this article, Greg Robidoux explores the various options for doing so.
2016-07-13
4,355 reads
Calculating MySQL Database, Table, and Column Sizes
Rob Gravelle demonstrates a sure-fire way to calculate how much disk space your MySQL data entities are taking up.
2016-07-12
2,667 reads
SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 is Available
SP2 for SQL Server 2014 is now out. Check out the build list.
2016-07-12
5,445 reads
Importing Blobs from a MySQL Database and Export Them
Using the power of SSIS and BCP to import MySQL Data and extract files from a BLOB(Varbinary) column.
2016-07-11
6,185 reads
Dynamic Images in SQL Server Reporting Services
It is relatively easy to provide a smart BI solution when your customer has all the resources for a new hardware and software platform, but it takes ingenuity to provide an effective simple solution requiring data-driven pictorial information on a range of template diagrams with just an existing platform of SQL Server, Reporting Services and .NET.
2016-07-11
3,618 reads
Finding and Eliminating Duplicate or Overlapping Indexes
Duplicate & Overlapping Indexes can be a drag on write speed and disk resources. How do we find and eliminate them quickly and effectively?
2016-07-08 (first published: 2014-06-16)
45,901 reads
5 Monitoring Queries for SQL Server
Every DBA squirrels away favourite queries for monitoring SQL Server. Nowadays many of these are too complex to keep in your head. Dennes describes how he uses T-SQL queries for solving problems, whether it involves fixing the problems of missing indexes, preventing unrestrained autogrowth, avoiding index fragmentation, checking whether jobs have failed or avoiding memory stress conditions.
2016-07-08
10,110 reads
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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