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How To Document Your PowerShell Library

PowerShell provides comment-based help for functions and scripts with Get-Help, but when you want to document modues or generate a complete indexed API in HTML format, just as you can with Sandcastle for .NET or javadoc for Java, then stronger magic is required. Michael Sorens shows you how it is done, with source code.

2013-07-18

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SQL in the City Seminar Sacramento 2013

Join Red Gate for a free a seminar on July 26 (the day before SQL Saturday Sacramento). SQL Server MVP experts, Steve Jones and Grant Fritchey will present sessions featuring best practices for SQL Server database development and deployment, in addition to showing Red Gate tools in action.

2013-07-18

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Encrypting and Decrypting SQL Server Stored Procedures, Views and User-Defined Functions

Some companies put business or application logic in SQL Server using stored procedures, views and functions to return values to the calling applications or perform tasks. This is not unusual in companies that use the SQL Server layer to perform business tasks, such as finance operations, or incorporate application functionality into the programmability layer. Here's a tip to preserve secrecy on some procedures, views or functions in order to maintain security.

2013-07-16

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