Photo by Patrick Tomasso on UnsplashHow many times have you known that adding an index would improve query performance but you weren’t exactly sure which type of...
2017-09-26
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In the ideal world, you fully test how your SQL Server will handle upgrading to the latest version. You're able to catch...
2017-09-19
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In the ideal world, you fully test how your SQL Server will handle upgrading to...
2017-09-19
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For the past couple weeks I've been writing about how to protect your database from a SQL injection attack. Today, we will keep the trend going by looking at how...
2017-09-12
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Protecting against SQL Injection Part 2
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Last week we talked about building dynamic SQL queries and how doing so might leave you open to SQL injection...
2017-09-05
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Looking for a script to find possible SQL injection vulnerabilities on your server? Scroll to the bottom of this post.
OWASP names SQL injection as...
2017-08-29
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Unexpected SQL Server Performance Killers #3
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In this series I explore scenarios that hurt SQL Server performance and show you how to avoid them. Pulled...
2017-08-22
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How many times have you had to transform some column value and ended up stacking several nested SQL REPLACE() functions like this?
-- Input: Red,...
2017-08-15
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SQLskills is giving away free training for their performance tuning and optimization classes. My entry for the competition is below. If you decide to enter for yourself, entries are...
2017-08-11
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In this series I explore scenarios that hurt SQL Server performance and show you how to avoid them. Pulled from my collection of "things I didn't know I was...
2017-08-08
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A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
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“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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