RC4 Encryption in a Stored Procedure
Joseph gathered together some various bits of code and came up with a solution that lets you do RC4 encryption via the sp_oa~ procedures.
2004-01-09
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Joseph Gama
TSQL Virus or Bomb?
Joseph discusses some common and not so common security threats including the possibility of a TSQL virus and bombs planted from within the organization.
2003-12-29
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Freeware Extended Sproc to Read and Write to a Text File
This free extended stored procedure can read and write to a stored text file. Perfect for writing error logs!
2002-12-24
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How Safe are Your Passwords?
How safe are your SQL passwords? Use these free tools to find out how secure your passwords are and generate more secure passwords.
2002-12-10
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Blogs
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Forums
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Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
Question of the Day
URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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