In Boston for TechEd
This will be my first ever TechEd and I'm looking forward to it. I was able to go to the...
2006-06-11
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Two things I wish they'd change about endpoints in SQL Server 2005
I've
been playing around with endpoints in SQL Server 2005 looking at how they can
be used to enhance security for SQL...
2006-05-27
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When It Takes Time...
Saw this from Jason Haley's Interesting Finds post for the morning of May 25, 2006:
Project Managing Latency or: How to...
2006-05-25
1,450 reads
Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part II
In a previous post, Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part I,
I pointed to the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article which...
2006-05-24
1,495 reads
SQL Prompt
I downloaded and installed SQL Prompt from Red Gate this morning. If
you aren't aware, PromptSQL was bought by Red Gate...
2006-05-23
1,622 reads
Disaster Recovery and SQL Server, Part I
The last few weeks I've been working on disaster recovery procedures
for my organization. We review them at least yearly to...
2006-05-20
1,649 reads
Backing up virtual machines on VMware ESX Server
I know VMware and Virtual Server
technology is becoming more and more prevalent in organizations as both
packages can greatly reduce hardware...
2006-05-17
1,614 reads
Nice Article on Security Myths in May/June 2006 Issue of TechNet Magazine
The May/Jone 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine has a feature on security. One of the articles is titled Deconstructing Common...
2006-05-12
1,531 reads
Review of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, Part 1 of 4
Back in First Impressions of Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services,
I indicated I felt the book was worth the buy...
2006-05-10
1,457 reads
Excellent article on cracking SQL Server passwords
The SQLServerAdvisor mailing from SearchSQLServer.com had a link to a
very good article on cracking SQL Server passwords. The article, by
Kevin...
2006-05-09
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Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers