Python is increasingly used by DBAs as a general-purpose scripting language, despite the pressure to adopt Microsoft's PowerShell. They find it easy to learn, powerful, and reasonably intuitive. Here Timothy Wiseman, a working DBA, explains the attraction of Python and gives a general introduction to the language, suitable for anyone who has been wondering whether to give it a try.
2009-09-18
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Working with passwords that provide enough security and are hard to crack is complicated enough. Most users want to simplify their lives with fewer passwords if possible. This Friday Steve Jones asks how you handle passwords across systems.
2009-09-18
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Working with passwords that provide enough security and are hard to crack is complicated enough. Most users want to simplify their lives with fewer passwords if possible. This Friday Steve Jones asks how you handle passwords across systems.
2009-09-18
731 reads
Working with passwords that provide enough security and are hard to crack is complicated enough. Most users want to simplify their lives with fewer passwords if possible. This Friday Steve Jones asks how you handle passwords across systems.
2009-09-18
748 reads
This article discusses the connectivity and usage of Teradata database servers and the .NET Framework Data Provider for Teradata with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS).
2009-09-18
2,924 reads
The 2009 PASS Summit is Nov 2-5, 2009 in Seattle. Come and grow your network, while learning about SQL Server.
2009-09-17 (first published: 2009-05-12)
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2009-09-17
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When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
2009-09-17
755 reads
When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
2009-09-17
660 reads
When you upgrade to a new server, there's more than just making sure that everything is ready to move, but do you clean house? Do you ever go back and ensure you're not moving things that you don't need?
2009-09-17
692 reads
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
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Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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