Rotating Expired SQL Server TDE Certificates
In general, SQL Server TDE certificates will expire at some point. In SQL Server, if we have setup TDE using...
2019-02-08 (first published: 2019-01-23)
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Chris
Big Changes for WaterOx Consulting
March of 2019 would have marked that start of the 8th year of WaterOx Consulting, Inc. running. That isn’t going...
2019-01-10
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Stretch Databases for the Budget Poor DBA
The post Stretch Databases for the Budget Poor DBA appeared first on WaterOx Consulting.
2018-03-28
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Upcoming Content
This is the reality of learning newer tech somewhat in depth and working with it. What this series of posts...
2017-07-24
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Upcoming Content
This is the reality of learning newer tech somewhat in depth and working with it. What this series of posts...
2017-07-24
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Conditionally Retry a Failed Job
We have jobs that run in the early morning to load data to our data warehouses and other systems, and...
2017-07-03 (first published: 2017-06-23)
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SQL Security Email Course
Today I am very excited to announce that I have (finally!) launched my email course covering the basics of SQL...
2017-04-19
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Identify SQL Accounts Without Password Policy Enforced
When ‘Enforce Password Policy’ for SQL Server logins is turned off, you can make your password anything you want! Hooray!...
2017-03-02
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Better SQL Agent Job Alerts
They kinda suck. I mean it is nice that we have the option for the SQL Agent to tell us...
2017-02-28 (first published: 2017-02-23)
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PowerShell -> Identify all SysAdmins in your SQL Server
No pressure. None whatsoever. There is just an Auditor standing behind you waiting for you to pull a list of...
2016-10-06 (first published: 2016-09-29)
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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