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Get a List of Files with Data

The trick here is to find a way to search thousands of files quickly and filter easily the bad from the good. Sounds like an opportunity for an automation...

2020-01-13 (first published: )

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Where is that Mask?

In this article, I share one easy script that could help eliminate one database feature as a culprit to an anomalous data masking suddenly getting enabled.
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Where is that Mask?

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2019-12-28

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Easy Audit Index Changes

When looking for an easy method to audit Index changes, one of the first technologies to try really should be Extended Events (xevents).
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Easy Audit Index Changes

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Audit Index Changes

This article shows a method to audit for index changes. The weak link in a solution such as this really boils down to the requirement that the solution needs...

2019-12-26

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Audit Index Changes

This article shows a method to audit for index changes. The weak link in a solution such as this really boils down to the requirement that the solution needs...

2019-12-26

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Question of the Day

Running SQLCMD I

I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:

lcmd -S localhost -E
I then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version go
If I hit enter, what happens?

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