Azure Data Studio and XEvents
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is getting all sorts of love and attention these days. So much so that they have...
2018-11-21
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Blog Posts
Cannot Use the Special Principal – Back to Basics
I recently had a client call me out of the blue because he happened to be getting an error while...
2018-11-21 (first published: 2018-11-07)
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Dates and Times in SQL Server: DATEDIFF() and DATEDIFF_BIG()
Last time we looked at adding or subtracting date parts using the DATEADD() T-SQL system function. This week we see...
2018-11-21
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Join me for an upcoming webinar, “Data Masking: Insights & Actions”
There has never been a better time to start a project to champion data privacy In a recent Harris poll sponsored by the payment company Stripe, over 1,000 C-level...
2018-11-21
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Learning from PASS Summit Feedback
I got my feedback the other day, and was a bit surprised by a comment. I wasn’t having a great...
2018-11-21
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The Cloud and Shadow IT.
Shadow IT has been, well, maybe not the bane of the IT department, but certainly a pain in the neck....
2018-11-21
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T-SQL Tuesday #108: New Horizons Beyond SQL Server
There comes a point in one’s career when a change is requisite. Big or small there always seems to be...
2018-11-21 (first published: 2018-11-13)
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4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data
Watch this week's video on YouTube
I'm not advocating that you start using SQL injection to start stealing other people's data.
However, I do think that you should familiarize...
2018-11-20
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4 SQL Injection Techniques For Stealing Data
Watch this week's video on YouTube
I'm not advocating that you start using SQL injection to start stealing other people's data.
However, I do think that you should familiarize...
2018-11-20
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A Problem with POWER()
I ran into an interesting problem while working with the POWER() function. I was trying to do some binary conversions...
2018-11-20
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Blogs
Five Ways Redshift Serverless Quietly Eats Your Budget
It is Friday, the queries are running, and nobody is watching the bill. That...
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
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BCP on Linux
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