Crack that Encrypted Data

Ransomware is becoming an issue. Steve Jones notes DBAs need to be ready to deal with these issues.

Custom Quarantine PoSh Prompt

Since I’ve been quarantined at home and working in my office, every day is the same. I can’t go to the gym, or coach, or go to the restaurant,...

Daily Coping 29 May 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

The Countrows Result

Weird Docker Desktop Issues – Unable to Create Hyper-V VM

I was setting up my new machine the other day and one of the first things I did was get Docker Desktop. I grabbed this and enabled Hyper-V at...

Daily Coping 28 May 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

The Basics of Using a Sequence as a Table Default

The Sequence object is a way of auto generating a numerical value in some order automatically. This object can be used as a default for a table column, and this articles shows how this can be implemented.

The Challenges of Working Under Quarantine

It's been nearly two months since the Redgate Software offices closed. I am not normally in the office, but I did cancel a trip that I normally would have taken to touch base with a number of teams. That's a minor change for me, but a still a change. It's much less than the disruption that […]

A chart of costs in R

Daily Coping 27 May 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...