First Blog Post
Well, this is my first blog post…I’ve said I was going to do this for a long time and it’s...
2014-12-04
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Blog Posts
How to Handle Dynamic Rowsets
Sometimes you have a stored procedure that returns a rowset, and you need to insert the rowset into a temporary...
2014-12-04
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NUMA remote (foreign) memory access overhead on Windows, SQL Server and In-Memory OLTP
In NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access), processors in the same physical location are grouped in a node which has its own local node memory. In a NUMA based system, there...
2014-12-04
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Slow performance due to SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension (BPE) and serial queries (MAXDOP 1)
The SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension feature can extend the buffer pool space on to Solid State Drive (SSD), where data and index pages can be cached. There...
2014-12-04
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SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC
I’m off today, traveling to SQL in the City 2014 – Washington DC to meet Grant and deliver another database delivery...
2014-12-04
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SQL Injection Issues–Password Hashing
I’ve got a demo for one of my talks that really highlights some issues we have with SQL Injection. It’s...
2014-12-04
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SQLKonferenz 2015
If you are looking for one of the most awesome and most import conferences in Europe, then surely you need...
2014-12-04
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INSERT INTO SELECT vs SELECT INTO
INSERT INTO SELECT and SELECT INTO may be very similar commands but they have some important differences. Every now and...
2014-12-03
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Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 3.1: Grubbs’ Test
By Steve Bolton
…………In the last two installments of this series of amateur self-tutorials, I mentioned that the various means of...
2014-12-03 (first published: 2014-11-29)
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Placeholders for Emergencies
A long time ago I worked in a large corporation where we managed lots of servers, each of which performed...
2014-12-03 (first published: 2014-11-24)
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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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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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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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