T-SQL Tuesday #69–Encryption
This is a good T-SQL Tuesday topic for me. This month Ken Wilson asks everyone to write on encryption, which...
2015-08-11
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Deploy from VCS
Are you brave enough to redeploy your applications from a VCS? Have you really captured all your code?
2015-08-10
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2015-08-10
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Teambuilding
This week Steve Jones wants to know about your efforts to create bonds with co-workers and build a team. Does your company do anything to help facilitate this?
2015-08-07
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2015-08-06
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Loading XML Data–CONVERT Option 2
I was playing around with some XML lately, and had to load a file that looked like this::
I ran a...
2015-08-06
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Halloween at PASS–Donate for some fun
This year’s PASS Summit will end on Oct 30, which is just before Halloween in the US. I’m sure lots...
2015-08-05 (first published: 2015-07-29)
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Cloud Security Issues
The cloud is always going to be a challenge for security, but is it harder or easier than on premises? Steve Jones has a few comments.
2015-08-04
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2015-08-03
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Clearing Out a Database With SQL Compare
I ran into a question recently about how to clear out a database of all objects. I assume someone was...
2015-08-03
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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