TDE and backup compression – still not working?
Until SQL 2016 if you used TDE (Transparent Data Encryption) you couldn’t use backup compression.
In 2016 Microsoft changed this, but...
2018-03-01 (first published: 2018-02-16)
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A Guide for Decrypting SQL Server Database Objects
Overview
The SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 provide a new feature for encrypting data to protect it from...
2018-02-28 (first published: 2018-02-16)
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"What's New in SQL 2017?" at the Baton Rouge SQL Server UG meeting
We had a great joint meeting tonight of the Baton Rouge SQL and .NET User Groups at the Louisiana Tech...
2018-02-15
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Safely and Easily Use High-Level Permissions Without Granting Them to Anyone: Server-level
Part of having good security is giving users the fewest / least permissions possible in order to execute the code. However,...
2018-02-28 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Enabling Guest in a Database–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2018-02-15
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Azure Data Architecture Guide (ADAG)
The Azure Data Architecture Guide has just been released! Check it out: http://aka.ms/ADAG
Think of it as a menu or syllabus for...
2018-02-15
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Azure Data Architecture Guide (ADAG)
The Azure Data Architecture Guide has just been released! Check it out: http://aka.ms/ADAG
Think of it as a menu or syllabus for...
2018-02-15
1,066 reads
Saving Costs in Azure
Nobody wants to waste money and being in the cloud is no exception! Luckily for us Azure is very efficient...
2018-02-27 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Synonyms, how and why.
Did you know SQL Server has a thing called a synonym? It’s not something you see used very often even...
2018-02-26 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Execute Multiple Files Using SQLCMD/SQLClient – Which Is Faster?
Hello!
I’ve been working on a PowerShell module that will migrate the schema of an Azure Data Warehouse from one database...
2018-02-26 (first published: 2018-02-15)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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