Always Encrypted Column Encryption
I have a need to encrypt a column within my SQL Database (Azure). I decided to use Always Encrypted. This feature...
2016-11-04
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All About SQL
SQL Server Backup Compression
I thought that it would be handy to capture some Perfmon graphs of what happens to backup throughput and CPU...
2016-11-03
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SQL Server DMA v2.0 – Migration Time
In my last post I showed you how to conduct an assessment using DMA – Database Migration Assessment tool v2.0 This...
2016-11-02
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SQL Server DMA – Data Migration Assistant V2.0
One of the benefits of twitter is that you get to hear about new tools quickly, one of the tools...
2016-11-01
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SSMS 2016 Bug
I have been using SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) 2016 build number 13.0.15900.1 and noticed that if you wanted to...
2016-10-27
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More bytes for Row versioning
I like row versioning– see this link for more details: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189122(v=sql.105).aspx If your database is enabled for one of the...
2016-10-26
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Azure App Service Companion for iOS
This has absolutely nothing to do with SQL Server, it actually has nothing to do with data but I felt...
2016-10-25
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Another way to move SQL DB to Azure
About 8 months ago I wrote an article (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Server/139998/ ) where I showed you how to migrate your “earth” SQL Database...
2016-10-20
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Azure SQL Database DMVs
The following DMVs shown within this blog post are some of the more common ones that I am finding really...
2016-10-18
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The dark side of Fn_dump_dblog
I want to show you what happens when you keep using the undocumented fn_dump_dblog function. (For example if you are...
2016-10-24 (first published: 2016-10-17)
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Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers