Setting Up Always Encrypted
In this post we're going to go through the steps to set up Always Encrypted and create an encrypted column. As with my last post we're looking at the...
2023-06-06
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Blog Posts
Analyzing Azure Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link – YouTube Live Stream
At Tuesday 6th of June 2023, I’m giving an online version of my session “Analyzing Azure Cosmos DB Data with Azure Synapse Link” (which I presented at Techorama). It’s...
2023-06-05
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Backup Encryption Performance
Unlike TDE, there is some extra CPU overhead when you take an encrypted backup as the data has to be encrypted before being written to disk – whereas with...
2023-06-05 (first published: 2023-05-22)
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SSAS Tabular: “SortByColumn property set to invalid column ID”
Recently I was doing a cleanup of one model, and I used Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) in Tabular Editor as a helper. Later, I realized I forgot to set...
2023-06-05 (first published: 2023-05-22)
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A New Word: Jouska
jouska – a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head – a crisp analysis, a devastating comeback, a cathartic heart-to-heart – which serves as a kind...
2023-06-02
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PGSQL Phriday #009: On Rollback
The invitation this month for #PGSqlPhriday comes from Dian Fay. The topic is pretty simple, database change management. Now, I may have, once or twice, spoken about database change...
2023-06-02
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Restore One Backup From Many in a Device–#SQLNewBlogger
I wrote recently about finding multiple backups in a file. This post looks at how to restore one of those. The one you choose. Another post for me that...
2023-06-02 (first published: 2023-05-17)
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Running SQL Server in a container with sqlcmd
One of the options that I completely missed with the new go-sqlcmd CLI tool is the ability to spin up a container running SQL Server. Let’s have a look...
2023-06-02 (first published: 2023-05-19)
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Summit Launch Pricing Ends June 7
The PASS Data Community Summit is back in Seattle this November, the 14-17, 2023. It’s in person only, and if you can come, you should register today. Launch pricing...
2023-06-01
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-22-2023 Microsoft Fabric Launch & Moving Home Offices
Hello Dear Reader! Sorry this is so late, moving houses has gotten me a bit behind this week. I will do better next week!As you may have heard last...
2023-06-01
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Blogs
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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...
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Question of the Day
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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