Two Acquisitions of Note
Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
Oracle buying BEA
Sun buying MySQL
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...
2008-01-16
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Blog Posts
Upcoming Presentations
I'll be attending the South Florida Code Camp on Feb 2 and also SQLSaturday Tampa on Feb 16th. For both...
2008-01-16
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Covert It Live
I watch the Geekbrief update a few times a week, partially to see new gadgets and partially to see how...
2008-01-15
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SQL Server 2005 Replication bug?
Last week, in our production, we noticed some records are missing in the subscriber side while existing on the publisher...
2008-01-15
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E-Readers, Will They Ever Take Off?
I was discussing the Kindle recently with business partner Steve Jones and while we both like the idea of having...
2008-01-14
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Hot Subtract
Over the last few weeks I've seen a few posts about the new Hot-Add CPU feature in SQL Server 2008....
2008-01-14
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Evaluating Speakers at Events
Speakers tend to live for the evals. Hopefully it's a validation of work done well after a lot of time...
2008-01-09
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On the Importance of Documentation...
It seems that I keep inheriting old systems that provide a singular, albeit mission critical, function to their owners. In...
2008-01-09
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Sometimes You Need an Analog Solution, Sorta - Earth Class Mail
Spotted this on the Webware feed, Earth Class Mail is a service that opens and scans your regular mail so...
2008-01-09
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SQL Injection, Again!
Many posts including this one about as many as 70,000 sites being hacked using SQL injection and a vulnerability in...
2008-01-09
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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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