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How to Get SQL Server Security Horribly Wrong

It is no good doing some or most of the aspects of SQL Server security right. You have to get them all right, because any effective penetration of your security is likely to spell disaster. If you fail in any of the ways that Robert Sheldon lists and describes, then you can't assume that your data is secure, and things are likely to go horribly wrong.

2015-05-13

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How do you work with databases?

How do you use SQL Server, and how do you expect this to change next year? Fill in Redgate's survey by May 15 and enter a prize draw to win one of 4 $50 Amazon vouchers.

2015-05-12 (first published: )

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Making Data Analytics Simpler: SQL Server and R

R an SQL Server are a match made in heaven. You don't need anything special to get started beyond the basic instructions. Once you have jumped the hurdle of reliably and quickly transferring data between R and SQL Server you are ready to discover the power of a relational database when when combined with statistical computing and graphics.

2015-05-11

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Alan Cooper: Geek of the Week

Alan Cooper helped to debug the most widely-used PC language of the late seventies and early eighties, BASIC-E, and, with Keith Parsons, developed C-BASIC. He then went on to create Tripod, which morphed eventually into Visual Basic in 1991. Alan remains enthusiastic and interested in development with strong views on Agile and Pair Programming.

2015-05-07

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