Documenting SQL Server Access – Who Can Do What? - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
When is the last time you audited who has SQL Server access? No really? When did you last do this?...
2016-02-22 (first published: 2016-02-17)
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What’s Going On? A review of 2015 and forecast for 2016 - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
It’s been quiet… Too quiet Yes, yes it has. Things have been quiet here as of late. Posts and podcasts...
2016-01-06
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What Alerts Us About The SQL Agent? - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
The SQL Agent is our friend! Setting up SQL Server Agent to automate jobs and alerts is a great idea....
2015-12-16
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SQL F.A.D. – Trace flag 834 and columnstore indexes - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Trace flags can be good Are special codes we, the DBA, can use to change the way the SQL Server...
2015-12-10
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020 – A Foolish Decision - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Making Foolish Decisions In WOxPod!, episode # 020– “A Foolish Decision” I announce a foolish decision I recently made, and how...
2015-10-16
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Get Hyper-V Host To Talk To Guest VM’s With This Simple Trick - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
The Assumption I assume you already have a Hyper-V basic configuration on your system, be it a laptop, server or...
2015-10-16 (first published: 2015-10-07)
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019 – 24 HOP Questions Answered - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
24 HOP Questions Answered In WOxPod!, episode # 019 – “24 HOP Questions Answered” I answer those questions that I wasn’t able...
2015-10-02
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SQL Server’s TIMESTAMP Is Not What You May Think It Is. - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
TIMESTAMP vs. DATETIME: What’s the diff? The TIMESTAMP data type in SQL Server is not what you may think it...
2015-09-23
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The Poor Man’s SQL Backup Encryption - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Well, that was interesting While playing around with demos to use in my newer session, Hacking Exposé Too (See it...
2015-09-09
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018 – Learn Like A Pro! - Syndication – WaterOx Consulting
Learn Like A Pro In WOxPod!, episode # 018 – “Learn Like...
The post 018 – Learn Like A Pro! appeared first on WaterOx...
2015-09-04
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Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers