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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Blog Posts
Pumpkin Tossing
One more holiday post. Hope you all enjoyed Thanksgiving and are now enjoying either a quiet and well deserved day...
2008-11-27
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Happy Thanksgiving
I'm cheerfully taking the day off today (and tomorrow too!), and I'm writing this a week in advance as I...
2008-11-26
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Surface Demo
Second try. The video didn’t embed in the previous post. Nor this one. Here's the link
Microsoft Surface Demo
This is from...
2008-11-26
1,432 reads
Surface Possibilities
This is interesting. I’m not sold on Surface, though I did play with one last week in Seattle.
2008-11-26
1,391 reads
Workaround Primary Key Violations in SSIS
Before you get much further, please do not use this for every case where you have issues with duplicate rows....
2008-11-26
1,520 reads
Airlines Don't Care About Customers? Nor Does The Government!
I saw this post about a recent panel that tried to come up with guidelines for airlines as far as...
2008-11-25
1,387 reads
Catching Up
My goal of 400 posts a month has been in jeopardy with all the traveling I've been doing over the...
2008-11-25
1,479 reads
PC Magazine Going out of Print
Saw a post from Michael Miller that PC Magazine will end it's print version with the January issue. Have to...
2008-11-25
1,539 reads
Spend Money to Make Money
One of those old sayings that has a grain or two of truth to it. Stocks, real estate, education even,...
2008-11-25
1,561 reads
Blogs
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
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...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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