Scary DBA Halloween Special
Not so much my special as SQL Saturday #59's Special. These guys in NYC are pulling out all the stops....
2010-10-29
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Blog Posts
Shopping
In about a week and a half, the SQLServerCentral opening night party takes place at the PASS Summit. And while...
2010-10-29
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SQL Saturday 58 TODAY! #sqlsat58
Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is TODAY. Obviously, this was written before today and I’m hoping to catch a...
2010-10-29
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SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Convert Job Duration to Seconds
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the second post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-10-29
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SQLRally, Pre-Cons, and Taking Risks
Before I get into my thoughts, go vote! Here are the options this year for the SQLRally pre-cons:
BI Sessions: http://www.sqlpass.org/sqlrally/2011/PreConsforVotingBI.aspxDBA...
2010-10-29
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SQLSaturday #59 – Speaker Interview Series #14 with Grant Fritchey
Sunday, October 31, 2010 is Halloween, and in the spirit of the holiday of ghosts, goblins, vampires, werewolves, witches and...
2010-10-29
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Warning: Two Way Traffic
I saw this at the college where we held SQLSaturday #49 on the restroom door. I’m not sure what to...
2010-10-29
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Why You Should Vote for My SQLRally Pre-Con
Self-marketing is not my strong suit. I don't feel very comfortable doing it, but Andy Warren (twitter | blog) suggests that we...
2010-10-29
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WorldWide Online Tech Day 2010
Hate to post this late but just wanted to let everyone know I’ll be presenting for Brazil’s Worldwide Online Tech...
2010-10-29
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Adding Data Compression to an Existing Clustered Index in SQL Server 2008 R2
Working at an ISV like NewsGator Technologies, I get to work on products like Social Sites for SharePoint 2010, that...
2010-10-28
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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 ...
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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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