Speaking at SQL Saturday Tampa and Richmond
Over the next two weekends there will be three SQL Saturday’s held, in Tampa (1/23), Boston (1/30) and Richmond (1/30).I...
2010-01-21
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2008 - Top Reasons to Upgrade.....
OK, you've seen many of these before, but if you haven't figured out its TIME to upgrade your SQL Servers to...
2010-01-21
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SQL Server 2008 R2 - official date
Since the August 2009 when the CTP ( Community Technology Preview) version was available, the Microsoft announced the offical release date...
2010-01-21
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SQL Server 2008 R2 to be Available in May
This past Tuesday, Microsoft officially announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available in May 2010. See the announcement...
2010-01-21
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SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa
Just a reminder that SQLSaturday #32 – Tampa is taking place this weekend (January 23rd). This will be my 5th SQLSaturday...
2010-01-21
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Using sp_ExecuteSql to Run Dynamic SQL
Introduction
Lately it seems like I am being bombarded by Dynamic SQL and people who insist it is the only way...
2010-01-21
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Can query performance be dependent on the client?
This question sounds really easy! The query performance depends essentially on the execution plan, which in its turn isn’t dependent...
2010-01-20
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Collaboration Patterns – Part 2
Recently I caught a few minutes of a CSPAN interview with Chief Justice John Roberts, part of a larger presentation...
2010-01-20
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DDL Triggers
We had a request from a developer who wanted to access data from a source database and another database on...
2010-01-20
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Please Take the Time to Donate for Haiti
This morning, Haiti was shaken yet again by another aftershock of the recent devastating earthquake.
The situation has become so dire...
2010-01-20
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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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