Book Review: Patriot Acts
Fiction review this week. I recently read Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka, the continuation of the story that started in...
2009-05-07
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Blog Posts
Book Review: SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled
I'm just finishing up SQL Server 2008 Query Performance Tuning Distilled by Grant Fritchey and Sajal Dam and overall I've...
2009-05-07
486 reads
Comparing Hardcoded functions, In-Line TVF's, and Scalar Functions
While perusing some of the threads on SQLServerCentral.com one of the questions that hit me was regarding the use of...
2009-05-07
3,345 reads
Programming the Enterprise
Star Trek is coming back to theaters soon, and I’ve been watching Season 1 of Star Trek: TNG while running.
It...
2009-05-07
346 reads
Announcement for TechUpdate 2009 in Kosova
I just recieve the announcement for the Mircosoft event TechUpdate 2009, in Prishtina capital city of Kosova! The event will...
2009-05-06
462 reads
Kindle Update – Version 3?
I haven’t written about the Kindle lately, but I have noticed some news and I found it interesting.
First I saw...
2009-05-06
518 reads
Ooopsss Oracle Day in Kosova
Yep, yesterday in Prishtina, capital city of Kosova was held the event named, Oracle Day in Kosova! It was very...
2009-05-06
522 reads
Xobni Add-In For Outlook
A few weeks back I wrote about trying out the LinkedIn Add-in and time has reinforced for me that it's...
2009-05-06
486 reads
Cleaned Up
It was time.
I decided the other day that I needed to shave, and so the goatee came off. It's been...
2009-05-05
458 reads
Rant: Is It an Effective Control or Not?
This is spurred on by a comment a pen tester made. He was referring to a particular technology and said...
2009-05-05
1,248 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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
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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