The Next Generation DBA
DBA, database developer, analyst, SQL grunt, or whatever your title may be, there is no question that your role will...
2008-12-02
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Blog Posts
[Off Topic] Web host is down
For my colleagues and friend who visit my websites (www.bucketofbits.com, www.tyleris.com, www.timmitchell.net), I just discovered that my web host has...
2008-12-01
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American History Quiz
I ran across this history quiz in Jeff Duntemann's blog and thought I'd give it a try. I managed to...
2008-12-01
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Rangers to Masters
The new Certified Master program sounds suspiciously like the Microsoft Certified Architect program, which appears to have been revamped to...
2008-12-01
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Switching to Live Search
Steve Ballmer issued a challenge to MVPs a couple weeks ago, asking them to switch to Live Search this week...
2008-12-01
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Is the PASS Summit Too Big?
That's the question posed by Kalen Delaney in a write up on SQLMag.com. Is a SQL event of more than...
2008-11-30
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Microsoft Certified Master program – Is This The Answer to Certification Woes?
In the past few years, many people - myself included - have expressed a desire to see the quality of the Microsoft...
2008-11-29
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Grouping Sets
I have given a talk about new data types and T-SQL features to three local groups. I am presenting it...
2008-11-28
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Database Adminstration Scalability
database administration scalabilityI am working on a project that is very successful in terms of its market
share, i.e. product users...
2008-11-27
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Does regulation make data any safer?
Working with healthcare organizations, I am constantly aware of the restrictions my staff and I must abide by according to HIPAA constraints. ...
2008-11-27
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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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