SQL Saturday South Island, New Zealand (SSSI)
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Saturday 8th April 2017 will see the biggest ever SQL Saturday South Island New Zealand. The event started in 2013...
2017-03-28
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2016 – Always Encrypted and the GDPR
The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming, bringing new rules about the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
For...
2017-03-28
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SQL Server Database Recovery Process Internals – database STARTUP Command
A database recovery process is an essential requirement for database systems, It can be a tedious job and the process...
2017-03-28
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SQLSaturday Madison – April 7-8
The first event I ever spoke at was SQLSaturday in Madison, Wisconsin, back in 2012. I was petrified – would anyone...
2017-03-28
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TempDB Multiple Datafiles
Problem
Most DBAs are aware that (prior to SQL 2016) one of the most common, post installation changes that needs to...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-14)
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Who Stuck These Letters In My DateTimes?
Parsing, creating, and modifying JSON in SQL Server 2016 is really easy. JSON dates and times are not.
Coming from a predominantly SQL background, the JSON DateTime format took some...
2017-03-28
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Why Before How
I’ve spent a lot of time browsing and participating in online technical forums. In my early years in the industry...
2017-03-28 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Custom keyboard shortcuts in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
People love taking shortcuts because it’s the easiest way to do things faster; computers are no exception. Shortcuts, particularly ones...
2017-03-27
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Data Channel - Interview 04 - Martin Catherall on In Memory OLTP
Welcome to the 4th Interview of Data Channel.
We have Mr.Martin Catherall, 3 time Data Platform MVP from Australia / New...
2017-03-27
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Getting a VHD into Azure with PoSh
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2017-03-27
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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