PASS Board Update: April 2015
It’s been a pretty interesting month on the board.
First, we did have a little problem. I’m sure one or two...
2015-04-23
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Blog Posts
Quick Script: Finding Database Owners & Security Admins
Security Is Everybody’s Responsibility
Recently, while diagnosing a permissions issue on a Production database, I realized that I didn’t really have...
2015-04-23
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Remotely shutting down an instance
This month for T-SQL Tuesday Mike Donnelly (b/t) decided to pick a topic to fit in with Ed Leighton-Dick’s (b/t)...
2015-04-23 (first published: 2015-04-14)
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Backup before you restore
You should always be recoverable. If you haven’t heard that before, take note of it. It’s important.
A while back...
2015-04-22
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Data Rendering Eye Opener SSRS
Hi Folks
Greetings to everyone!!!
So last week one of the report was having a performance issue. It had 10 datasets ,5...
2015-04-22 (first published: 2015-04-12)
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Find blocking using sp_who in SQL Server
Hi friends, in this blog I will tell you how can we find blocking using sp_who system stored procedure. Also,...
2015-04-22
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Handling Mixed Format Data Files in SSIS
Some time back I wrote about how to use the script component to parse out ragged data files in SSIS....
2015-04-22 (first published: 2015-04-13)
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How Do Blind People Use SQL Server?
#SQLNewBlogger
I can just see people skimming that and doing a knee-jerk reaction, “What a cruel and mean title! You should...
2015-04-22
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Instances and Ports with PowerShell
Just a quick post and a day late for #SQLNewBlogger There are some excellent posts on that hashtag and I...
2015-04-22
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Optimizing the Modern Data Platform with SQL Server 2014
Join Jason Strate and Pragmatic Works in Minneapolis on May 7. Learn about Optimizing the Modern Data Platform with SQ Server...
2015-04-22
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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 ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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