Selectively Locking Down Data - Gracefully
I have a situation where I need to retrieve the data in an encrypted column from, but don’t want to give all my users access to the symmetric key...
2015-11-18
10 reads
FLX SQL
SQL New Blogger Challenge November 2015 Edition - Week 2 Digest
This week’s #sqlnewblogger posts!
Author Post @arrowdrive Anders On SQL: T-SQL Tuesday #72: Data modelling gone extremely wrong @rabryst Time After Time - An Introduction to Temporal Tables in SQL...
2015-11-12
6 reads
Don't Trust the Wizard
If you need to move data from one table into a new table, or even tables in a database into another database, the Import/Export Wizard in SQL Server Management...
2015-11-11
14 reads
SQL New Blogger Challenge, November Edition, Week 1 Digest
Ed Leighton-Dick has renewed his New Blogger Challenge this month. Here are all (I think) the posts for this week after Ed posted his announcement. If I’ve missed any, please let...
2015-11-05
13 reads
Why Ask Why?
Spend any time around a 4 year old, and you will inevitably find yourself involved in a conversation which evolves into this:
Please do this thing Why? Reasonable answer Why? Restatement...
2015-11-04
13 reads
Hello GETDATE() My Old Friend...
So you’ve decided that your new web application needs to record some page load time metrics so you can keep tabs on performance. Terrific! You set up a couple page load/complete...
2015-06-16
15 reads
Getting Over It or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Speaking
Consider this the outtakes from my previous post about speaking at SQL Saturday.
It took a while for me to build up the courage to finally get up in the...
2015-06-02
16 reads
I Spoke at SQLSat (and I Liked It)
That is the first and last Katy Perry reference you will find on this blog or anywhere else in my life.
Last weekend I spoke at the 4th edition of my “home”...
2015-05-22
17 reads
Slides & demos from SQL Saturday Rochester
Slides & demos from my SQL Saturday Rochester presentation “Easing into Scripting with Windows PowerShell” have been posted on the SQL Saturday site.
Thank you to everyone who came out for...
2015-05-19
10 reads
Speaking at SQL Saturday Rochester this weekend!
I’ll be presenting my session Easing into Scripting with Windows PowerShell this Saturday, May 16th at SQL Saturday Rochester.
SQL Saturday is a free, all-day event for learning about SQL Server and...
2015-05-15
5 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
By ReviewMyDB
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab....
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident
By SQLPals
SQL Server Transaction Log Forensics: Preserving Evidence During an Incident SQL...
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