The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy Issues
Like any technology, AI can be used for evil instead of good. Shree Das explains several examples and what should be done to prevent the misuse of data.
2020-10-05
Additional Articles
Azure Database for MySQL
In this article we take a look at setting up and configuring MySQL to run on Azure along with some performance metrics for this database platform running on Azure.
2020-10-02
Comparing Two SQL Server Databases: When, Why, and How
SQL Compare has a simple premise: it will compare two databases, a source, and a target, and generate a script that, when executed on the target, will make its schema the same as the source. Tony Davis explores all the ways this can be helpful during database development work.
2020-10-01
Implementing SQL Server Security with Stored Procedures and Views
Learn about how ownership chaining allows you to limit permissions on specific database objects yet give users access through other objects such as views and stored procedures.
2020-10-01
Cross Tab Report in SSRS
This tip provides a step by step process to create a cross tabulation report in SQL Server Reporting Services.
2020-09-30
Hidden treasures of SQL Prompt
You are invited to discover features of SQL Prompt that you may not even know exist. We will will walk you through the treasure map of SQL Prompt and show you where all the great features are buried.
2020-09-30
How SQL Prompt Improves SQL Server Database Development
While everyone knows SQL Prompt for its code completion and IntelliSense features, a lot of its extra value comes from features that allow the development team to standardize coding practices and drive up code quality.
2020-09-29
Running Container Workloads in Microsoft Azure
Containers are being used by more and more organizations to automate build pipelines in their CICD processes. In this article, Mahendran Purushothaman shows how to automate the creation of Docker containers and a Kubernetes cluster in Azure.
2020-09-29
3 Ways to Run DBCC CHECKDB Faster
In my last post, I talked about how you can get 43%-67% faster backups. This time, I’m using that same SQL Server setup to discuss how throwing more CPU cores might help you check for corruption faster if you’ve already got modern fast storage.
2020-09-28
Solving the Provisioning Problem in Database Development using Clones
When database development is described, the details often get vague when the data gets beyond spreadsheet-size. There is 'hand-waving' talk of providing databases for each developer, but little detail of how you would provision all the databases that would be needed, at the correct version and with the correct development data, and then keep them all in sync with the source code, as developers commit changes. This article explains the requirements, and how SQL Clone can meet them.
2020-09-28
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Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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