Fine Products for the Modern Drudge
As working hours in tech trend upwards, we look at some ways to make life easier.
2014-10-13
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Articles
Linked server creation to MySQL Server
Here is a step by step procedure to create a linked server to MySQL from SQL Server.
2014-10-13
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PASS Summit, Seattle, WA
Join the world's largest gathering of SQL Server and BI professionals in Seattle on November 4-7. PASS Summit is your conference – planned by and for the SQL Server community. Red Gate will be exhibiting, so drop by their booth and say hello. Register while space is available.
2014-10-13
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Understanding How to Use the UPDATE Statement to Change Your Data
Greg Larsen shows you a number of different ways to use the UPDATE statement to modify the data in your SQL Server tables.
2014-10-13
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Using the Konesans File Watcher Task in SSIS to Process Data Files
With the Konesans File Watcher Task for SSIS we can import files as soon as they arrive.
2014-10-10 (first published: 2012-08-13)
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Compare SQL Server Performance of In-Memory vs Disk Tables
With the release of SQL Server 2014 there came a lot of new features, including “In-Memory OLTP”. One would assume that storing a table in memory would most definitely be faster than using the conventional disk-based table storage engine. But just how much faster is it?
2014-10-10
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2014-10-09
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Deleting Files in the Cloud
The public perception is that, when something is deleted, it no longer exists. Often that's not really the case; the data you serve up to the cloud can be stored out there indefinitely, no matter how hard to try to delete it. Rob Sheldon investigates, and finds the cloud a worryingly public place.
2014-10-09
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SQL Saturday #337 - Portland, OR
SQL Saturday is coming to Portland on November 1! Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking. Speakers at this event include Red Gate's Grant Fritchey, Kathi Kellenberger, Benjamin Nevarez, and more. There are also 3 paid-for pre-con sessions for this event. Register while space is available.
2014-10-09
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2014-10-08
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Blogs
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
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Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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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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