Speaking on ETL Security
I will be giving a presentation on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) security at two user groups in the coming weeks.
Securing...
2014-07-25
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Brian Kelley
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Midlands PASS July Meeting – July 10
The Midlands PASS Chapter will hold its next meeting on July 10. We meet at MicroStaff IT in Cayce, SC....
2014-07-03
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PASS Summit Session Selection
Let’s make it democratic. Let’s ensure we get solid sessions from key people. And let’s save a ton of work...
2014-06-27
1,271 reads
What is an “operational” DBA?
On Facebook last night, I posted the following:
An operational DBA isn’t just a manager of a traditional RDBMS, transactional system....
2014-06-27
5,287 reads
“A good DBA is a lazy DBA”
I’m borrowing from Andy Leonard (blog | twitter) who says all the time, “Good engineers are lazy.”
If you’re thinking, “Why would I want (to...
2014-06-25
1,958 reads
Service Packs coming for SQL Server 2008/2008 R2
I’m not prophetic, I promise. However, some good news on the service pack front with regards to SQL Server 2008...
2014-06-02 (first published: 2014-05-30)
3,057 reads
Do you apply SQL Server Cumulative Updates?
I think Steve Jones makes a great point here with respect to cumulative updates:
“This is one reason I’ve been hesitant...
2014-05-30 (first published: 2014-05-28)
6,865 reads
Minimize permissions for file locations
When we talk about security, we often point to the Point of Least Privilege. I write a lot about applying...
2014-05-23 (first published: 2014-05-16)
1,738 reads
The Scary DBA Comes to Columbia, SC
*sound of glass crashing* *cue theme music*
(in a wrestling announcer’s shocked voice) “It can’t be! He’s not supposed to be...
2014-05-09
691 reads
Understanding the Three A’s of Security for SQL Server
Do you know what the “Three A’s of Security” are and how they apply to Microsoft SQL Server? Let’s look...
2014-05-01 (first published: 2014-04-22)
7,355 reads
Blogs
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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