February 2012 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of February, mostly, it’s a short month, but there’s no reason to skirt on checking out...
2012-02-07
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Blog Posts
Finding the Missing Perfmon Counters in SQL Express
My post this weekend about slaying beasts with magical .dll incantations was my way of relieving some stress after having...
2012-02-07
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Freedom
Not too long ago, I blogged about a Book called Daemon. Freedom is the sequel to Daemon. I enjoyed reading this book. The story continues from Daemon, but in...
2012-02-07
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Freedom
Not too long ago, I blogged about a Book called Daemon. Freedom is the sequel to Daemon.
I enjoyed reading this...
2012-02-07
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LAST_VALUE() Analytic Function–SQL Server 2012
Earlier, i discussed FIRST_VALUE() function. FIRST_VALUE() returns the first value from an ordered set of records. Similarly LAST_VALUE() returns the last...
2012-02-07
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List failed SQL server Jobs with Powershell
This post explains how to list failed SQL Server Jobs , on multiple SQL Server Instances and output the results to...
2012-02-07 (first published: 2012-02-06)
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Opt In/Out of Personalized Microsoft Ads
Nice to have the option, you can opt-out (default is in) of having personalized ads. I turned it off, the...
2012-02-07
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PIPE CLIP – (| CLIP)
The main focus of this blog is to write about SQL Server related stuff – but now and then in the...
2012-02-07
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S3OLV – Get your Merge On
We are rapidly closing in on the February meeting for S3OLV. You might remember reading about the upcoming meeting here. We are looking to have an excellent meeting this...
2012-02-07
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S3OLV – Get your Merge On
We are rapidly closing in on the February meeting for S3OLV. You might remember reading about the upcoming meeting here.
We...
2012-02-07
641 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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