Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) SQL Server 2008
Transparent data encryption, otherwise known as TDE is one of the new features introduced in SQL Server 2008.
2009-05-04
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What a fortnight I had
This has been one of the most stressful fortnight in this company. I did not feel this stressed when our...
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How Humans Behave
It is strange how people react in different circumstances. Yesterday while going through the forums, there was an interesting post....
2009-01-15
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What a day to start Blogging
I have been thinking of writting a blog for the past 6 months but never had time or could I...
2009-01-13
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Why Object Qualification is important.
You have all read about why object qualification is important. You also must have heard of why stored Proc should not have sp_ as prefix to the name. Now let us proove if this is all true.
2008-03-10
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Importance of UPSERT
A simple UPSERT can reduce reads on tables. This in turn will increase the performance of a DB.
2008-01-29
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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