6 shades of masking your data
The Redgate Foundry team have been researching data masking, and have found that generally speaking there's six common approaches. In this blog post, Toby Smyth runs through all six.
2017-04-24
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Additional Articles
The right way to approach a legacy code base
Andrea Angella shares what he learned from attending Michael Feather's workshop on working effectively with legacy code.
2017-04-20
4,251 reads
Working with the BigInt Type in Node and SQL Server
Node.JS and SQL Server are a good match for creating non-blocking, event-driven database applications. Though you can use ODBC or JDBC to communicate between the two, it is possible to run such applications on platforms such as Azure, Linux, OSX and iOS by using Node together with the JavaScript TDS library called 'Tedious'. 'Tedious' is a mature product but it is still possible to get things wrong in converting SQL Server datatypes such as BigInt to native Javascript data.
2017-04-19
3,491 reads
Moving from application automation to true DevOps by including the database
Tom Austin talks about the challenges that arise from trying to include the database in your DevOps process.
2017-04-18
3,224 reads
Scaling out SSRS on SQL Server Standard Edition
The ability to scale out SSRS, so that multiple report server instances can access a single report server database, is an Enterprise Edition-only feature. So when Rodney Landrum was tasked with implementing a scale-out solution, with failover, for SSRS on SQL Server Standard Edition, it required some creative thinking. This article describes his solution, its merits and drawbacks.
2017-04-18
3,892 reads
Performance Myths : Clustered vs. Non-Clustered Indexes
Aaron Bertrand kicks off his "Performance Myths" series, showing a "redundant" non-clustered index outperforming the clustered index with the same key.
2017-04-17
5,314 reads
Integrating DACPAC deployments of Azure SQL Database with Visual Studio Team Services
One of the concepts that has recently been growing rapidly in popularity, in the context of cloud technologies, is DevOps. In this article, Marcin Policht looks at using DevOps principles in regard to Azure SQL Database deployments. To implement some of the more common DevOps practices, he will rely on Visual Studio Team Services.
2017-04-14
2,268 reads
Harmful, Pervasive SQL Server Performance Myths
Aaron Bertrand begins a new series around disproving prevalent myths regarding SQL Server performance.
2017-04-13
4,686 reads
Automating database deployments to and from source control using SQL Compare and PowerShell
Phil Factor shows how you can use the SQL Compare Pro command line with PowerShell to automate the task of getting a new database into version control, creating a new database build script, and creating a database migration script.
2017-04-12
4,185 reads
Changing SQL Server Collation After Installation
In some scenarios we can find different SQL Server collations between the server instance and its databases. Douglas P. Castilho explains a simple way to correct the collations in a few steps.
2017-04-11
3,262 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
By James Serra
I’m honored to be hosting T-SQL Tuesday — edition #192. For those who may...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 3: LLM Models – Open Source vs Closed Source
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Continuing from Day 2 , we learned introduction on Generative AI and Agentic AI,...
How to Parameterize Fabric Linked Services in Azure Data Factory for Azure Devops Deployment
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While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers