The inclusion of the CLR in SQL Server has been controversial, but some people have come up with great ways to take advantage of this feature. New author Anders Pedersen brings us a technique to export data from SQL Server into Excel using the CLR.
2009-12-02
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SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 introduced several new features. One key feature was the inclusion of the Gauge Controls. I...
2009-12-02
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I need to encrypt my data within SQL Server and I plan on using the built-in encryption functionality in SQL Server 2005 and 2008. However, I'm looking at symmetric and asymmetric key algorithms and while I see information saying to use symmetric keys, I don't understand why. What's the difference between the two and why is a symmetric key algorithm preferred over the asymmetric key ones?
2009-12-02
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This article describes a method of gathering and analyzing performance data using SQL Trace.
2009-12-01
5,428 reads
Are your database servers not performing well? Have you discovered two or more virtual servers running on the same node? Shailesh Khanal shows you how to generate a status report for multiple database servers and services, schedule it to run automatically and send it out via email.
2009-12-01
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We aren't necessarily liable for data breaches at our company, but will that last forever? Steve Jones talks about some things that you might want implement to ensure that you aren't liable if there ever is a security issue.
2009-12-01
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Best of SQLServerCentral vols 1-4 pulls together some of the best contributions to SQLServerCentral.com between 2002 & 2006.
2009-11-30
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This article contains instructions on how to use some of my favorite methods to remove duplicate fields from a table.
2009-11-30
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In the previous tips (SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) - Best Practices - Part 1 and Part 2) of this series I briefly talked about SSIS and a few of the best practices to consider when designing SSIS packages. Continuing on the same rhythm I am going to discuss some more best practices for SSIS package design, how you can design high performing packages with parallelism, troubleshooting performance problems etc.
2009-11-30
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Can you generate a calendar with T-SQL? Take this month's challenge.
2009-11-30
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By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
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What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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