Keynoting at SQL Saturday #831–Christchurch
After our SQL in the City Summit in Brisbane last week, Hamish Watson () asked me if I’d do a short version of my keynote talk at the upcoming...
2019-06-02
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High Security Prices–Always Encrypted 2019 needs Datacenter Edition
I was recently doing some work on Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019 and needed to set up an HGS server. I went through most of the setup, and...
2019-06-14 (first published: 2019-05-30)
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A Lost Day
I’m writing this in advance, as I usually recommend for all bloggers, because this is a lost day for me. I’m not going to experience May 27th, 2019 on...
2019-05-27
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The SQL Change Automation in SSMS Beta
Give it a try, as the beta is out. I’ve been watching this product and getting updates for the last six months or so and lately I’ve been pushing...
2019-05-23
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High Security Prices–Always Encrypted 2019 needs Datacenter Edition
I was recently doing some work on Always Encrypted in SQL Server 2019 and needed to set up an HGS server. I went through most of the setup, and...
2019-05-22
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Strategies for Compliant Development Down Under
I’m doing a tour of Australia and New Zealand with our SQL in the City crew. We’re going to be in Brisbane, Christchurch, and Melbourne on three consecutive weeks....
2019-05-21
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Happy Hour at SQL in the City Austin
Tomorrow is SQL in the City 2019 – Austin. If you’ve registered, you’re going to want to come. From Kendra’s great opening keynote to Brian’s demo to a couple...
2019-05-21
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Keynotes in Australia and New Zealand
I get to do the SQL in the City Summit keynotes in Australia and New Zealand. I’m excited, following the footsteps of Kendra Little and Donovan Brown, who have...
2019-05-21
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Clearing an Email from the Microsoft Directory
Years ago I was working on a demo with Microsoft and someone added me to their VSTS (now Azure DevOps) project. Somehow, I got an account in the Live/Passport/Joe-Schmo...
2019-05-20
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Moving to Serverless for Azure SQL DB
After the announcement of Serveless Azure SQL Datbase at //build/, I decided to give it a try. I have some Basic databases, so what would Serverless mean for me?...
2019-05-31 (first published: 2019-05-15)
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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