Using SQL Data Compare with Joins
Recently a customer was asking about how they could move data with SQL Data Compare from one server to another. In this case, the customer had a complex join...
2021-10-20 (first published: 2021-10-04)
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Blog Posts
Commenting a branching IF-THEN-ELSE.
I’m a big fan of comments (MSSQL, Powershell), so along those lines here’s an interesting way to comment an IF-THEN-ELSE ... Continue reading
2021-10-19
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Daily Coping 19 Oct 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-10-19
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A DBA horror story in database file extensions.
CREATE DATABASE [Story]
ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'Story', FILENAME = N'C:DataStory.mdf',SIZE = 101MB),
FILEGROUP [Line1]
( NAME = N'File1', FILENAME = N'C:Data_.It',SIZE = 102MB),
( NAME =...
2021-10-18 (first published: 2021-09-30)
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Daily Coping 18 Oct 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-10-18
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My new Online Training: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals – German Edition
As we all know there is already a lot of information available about SQL Server related topics in English. But I’m also dealing more and more with customers who...
2021-10-18
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My new Online Training: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals – German Edition
As we all know there is already a lot of information available about SQL Server related topics in English. But I’m also dealing more and more with customers who...
2021-10-18
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My new Online Training: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals – German Edition
As we all know there is already a lot of information available about SQL Server related topics in English. But I’m also dealing more and more with customers who...
2021-10-18
9 reads
My new Online Training: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals – German Edition
As we all know there is already a lot of information available about SQL Server related topics in English. But I’m also dealing more and more with customers who...
2021-10-18
16 reads
My new Online Training: SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals – German Edition
As we all know there is already a lot of information available about SQL Server related topics in English. But I’m also dealing more and more with customers who...
2021-10-18
13 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 ...
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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