The Limited Usefulness of Encrypting File System (EFS) and Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)
This is something that hit me as I was presenting to the Charlotte SQL Server User Group last night.
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2009-02-18
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Blog Posts
All In & Being Competitive
Many of us in IT are competitive, maybe slightly more so than in other professions. Competition adds a little spice...
2009-02-17
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Database Mirroring FAQ: Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup?
Question: Can a 2008 SQL instance be used as the witness for a 2005 database mirroring setup?
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2009-02-17
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Your Local User Group
When I talk to other SQL Server professionals, I’m often surprised at how many do not have any involvement in...
2009-02-17
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Be Careful with String Concatenations in SQL Server with Big Strings.
Now, we are going to get slightly esoteric here. I'd noticed that the performance of string concatenation tasks didn't increase...
2009-02-16
14,606 reads
Book Review - The Human Edge
I've always enjoyed the science fiction writings of Gordon Dickson, and recently re-read an old copy of The Human Edge,...
2009-02-16
852 reads
Database Mirroring FAQ: If the principal fails while running in high performance mode, what options do I have for bringing the mirror online?
Question: If the principal fails while running in high performance mode, what options do I have for bringing the mirror...
2009-02-16
4,551 reads
Recharged
It’s rare that I’ve taken vacation in the last few years. In fact, when I took an unwired week in...
2009-02-16
716 reads
Networking - Part 5
You can read the previous posts here. To finish up my thoughts on networking I want to brain storm some...
2009-02-15
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The Importance of the Segregation of Duties with Respect to Internal Controls
I diverge a little from the typical coding-based/oriented best practice to one that is focused on governance within public or government organisations...
2009-02-15
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Blogs
Cultural Change: Fostering a Cost-Aware Culture in Your Organisation
By HeyMo0sh
After working deep in cloud operations, I’ve learned that FinOps isn’t really about dashboards...
Beyond VARBINARY: How to Store PDFs in SQL Server Using FILESTREAM and FileTable
By gbargsley
Hello, dear blog reader. Today’s post is coming to you straight from the home...
Impactful Sessions I’ve Seen: T-SQL Tuesday #196
By Steve Jones
This month I’m thrilled that Steve Hughes is hosting. I’ve read this Data on...
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Creating a JSON Document I
I want to create a JSON document that contains data from this table:
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933If I run this code, what is returned?
SELECT json_objectagg('Team' : TeamName)
FROM dbo.NFLTeams;
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