Help! I'm stuck in Single User Mode and can't get out!
So, here’s a silly little take on a serious end-user issue where no-one could access the production database.
Got a call...
2017-08-11 (first published: 2014-04-07)
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Blog Posts
Just Say No to Social Engineering Memes
These memes, from a security and privacy perspective, are nothing but trouble. Here’s an example I just saw a friend...
2017-08-11
1,421 reads
Microsoft Azure – How to create a virtual machine (VM) with Reserved Public IP (VIP)
In my previous blog, we learnt that a Virtual IP (VIP) get lost or changed when we stop or deallocate...
2017-08-11
684 reads
Performance is bad. Did you change anything recently? No. Are you sure?
Ever have this conversation?
Dev: Hey, can you help me? The performance on my application is terrible all of a sudden.
DBA:...
2017-08-11 (first published: 2017-07-26)
3,197 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: Convert string to date
Over this week we’ve looked at the difference between Oracle and SQL Server from a few different angles. We’ve looked...
2017-08-11
965 reads
SQLskills is Giving Away Free Training!
SQLskills is giving away free training for their performance tuning and optimization classes. My entry for the competition is below. If you decide to enter for yourself, entries are...
2017-08-11
3 reads
Training and tips to get certified with Microsoft (Part 3)
Welcome back, thanks for keep on reading me, and for the ones who read for the first time, welcome.
With this...
2017-08-11
182 reads
Training and tips to get certified with Microsoft (Part 3)
Welcome back, thanks for keep on reading me, and for the ones who read for the first time, welcome.With this third post I'll keep answering the question Where did...
2017-08-11
4 reads
What-If Analysis in Power BI Desktop
One of the most talked about features previewed during the Microsoft Data Insights Summit in the previous June was the...
2017-08-11
1,246 reads
500 posts
Well, that’s something to be proud of. This is my 500th post on this blog. Not including a handful of...
2017-08-10
411 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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