Following on from a webcast, Tim Smith answers some questions on SQL Server security like: Is It Better To Mask At the Application Level Or The SQL Server Database Level? Are there any options to find SSNs in SQL Server besides RegEx? And, why would anyone store sensitive data un-encrypted in SQL Server?
2014-10-02
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Since SQL Server delivered the entire range of window functions, there has been far less justification for using the non-standard ex-Sybase 'Quirky Update' tricks to perform the many permutations of running totals in SQL Server. One of these related problems is the 'Data Smear'. Do window functions make this easier, and what is performance like? Dwain Camps investigates.
2014-10-01
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Easily synchronize live Salesforce data with SQL Server using the Salesforce SSIS DataFlow Tasks.
2014-09-30
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Aaron Bertrand recently answered a question from a user who wanted to convert all of their SQL Server computed columns to be persisted. This allows you to shift the SQL Server cost of performing the computation from query time to the time of the insert/update, at the cost of storage. In this tip, Aaron shows you how.
2014-09-30
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Join Red Gate’s Alex Yates and TeamCity for a free webinar this Thursday, October 2nd. In this practical demo, Alex will show you how to set up continuous delivery for your SQL databases using TeamCity, Red Gate’s SQL Automation Pack, and Octopus Deploy. Places are limited – register now.
2014-09-30
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Learn how to remove the MDW from your SQL Server environment with the 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 versions.
2014-09-29
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Hosting a scalable application in Azure seems ideal, but what happens when things go wrong? Azure Cloud Services provide extensive diagnostics, and this feature has now been extended to Azure web sites and Azure Virtual Machines. You need to set up diagnostics on the VM, but once this is done, all your logs, traces and performance counters can be collected from many VMs in one place for easy management.
2014-09-29
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An interview with James Rowland-Jones in advance of the PASS election.
2014-09-26
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Big Data implementations are more than just lots of data. Of equal importance is the analytics software used to query the data. Analyzing business data using advanced analytics is common, especially in companies that already have an enterprise data warehouse. It is therefore only natural that your big data application must be integrated with the existing warehouse.
2014-09-26
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This is Orlando's 8th SQLSaturday and this year will be better than ever with more than 50 different speakers giving over 50 presentations - all for FREE. Sept 27, 2014.
2014-09-26
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By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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