String or binary data would be truncated: get the full picture in SQL Server 2017
SQL Server 2019 Preview (CTP 2.0) introduced a long-awaited improvement to an error message that’s been around in SQL Server...
2018-10-31
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Steps to Create an In-Memory table for SQL Server
Creating a table to be in memory compared to standard tables that use the files on disk can have several...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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How Much Will Compression Really Gain Me?
Did you know compression can gain you more than just space on a disk, it can allow you to fit...
2018-11-13 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Zombie SQL
It Halloween so time for a scary SQL story. Ok, maybe not that scary. Ok, not scary at all, but...
2018-11-12 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Speaking at PASS Summit
The title says it all, this year I have been selected as a speaker at the world’s largest Microsoft Data...
2018-10-31
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PASS Summit, SQLTrain and My First US SQL Saturday
Next week is the week when I used to dread looking at Twitter and especially the #PASSsummit hashtag, watching all of...
2018-10-31
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How to create DACPAC file?
In this post I will explain what the DACPAC is and how to create it. In previous post in DevOps...
2018-10-31
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SQLCLR vs SQL Server 2017, Part 9: Does PERMISSION_SET Still Matter, or is Everything Now UNSAFE?
(last updated: 2018-11-01 @ 00:50 EDT / 2018-11-01 @ 04:50 UTC )
SQL Server 2017 introduced a new security restriction for SQLCLR in the...
2018-11-12 (first published: 2018-10-31)
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Is your SQL Server environment ready for GDPR? Part 2
In my previous blog post of this topic, I talked about the definition of what GDPR is and also described...
2018-11-09 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Signing Stored Procedures That Access Multiple Databases
A while back I wrote a post, Digitally Signing a Stored Procedure To Allow It To Run With Elevated Permissions
Recently Manish...
2018-11-08 (first published: 2018-10-30)
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Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
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Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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