Configure SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption with PowerShell
In this article Filip Holub looks at how to configure and enable transparent data encryption for a SQL Server database using PowerShell.
2020-02-25
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2020-02-24
Saving Game Data with Unity
One of the most critical things that a game must do is to save data like the preferences and score. In this article, Lance Talbert demonstrates two ways to save data when you create your game in Unity.
2020-02-24
Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis: Introduction
Microsoft provides a service to analyze text data called Text Analytics Cognitive Service. In this article, Sanil Mhatre demonstrates how to use this service from Power BI.
2020-02-21
Why you Should Always Specify Whether a Column Accepts Nulls
Phil Factor explains the factors that determine whether a column will allow null values, if you don't specify it explicitly in the column definition. If you rely on the default behavior established by your connection settings, you could be in for some nasty surprises.
2020-02-21
Configure SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption with PowerShell
Transparent Data Encryption is way to protect the data in your SQL Server database. This can be setup using T-SQL, SSMS and using PowerShell.
2020-02-20
Using SQL Prompt Code Snippets for Repetitive Tasks
Louis Davidson discovers the joy of using SQL Prompt code snippets to remove repetition from a variety of tasks, from inserting comment headers, to creating tables, to executing useful metadata queries.
2020-02-20
Quickly Find and Mask all Sensitive Data with Data Masker for SQL Server
Khie Biggs, a software developer on the Data Masker team at Redgate explains how a recent set of Data Masker improvements should make it significantly easier and faster to determine what data needs to be masked, implement a masking plan, and then to apply the masking operation, to protect sensitive and personal data in all the tables and columns of your SQL Server databases.
2020-02-19
SQL Server CASE Statement Example
While writing T-SQL code, sometimes it is necessary to divide the retrieved data into categories and perform specific operations based on their category.
2020-02-19
General Purpose Tier for Azure SQL Database
Five years ago, there were a limited number of ways to deploy and use the SQL Server engine in the Azure Cloud. Today, there are many different services available.
2020-02-18
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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