2018-12-18
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Editorial
The Wild Developers of SQL Server like Wildcards
Phil Factor explains the enduring attachment of database developers to wildcards, despite their current deficiencies.
2025-03-17 (first published: 2018-12-17)
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I may need to re-think the use of table variables
Table variables have been fixed in SQL 2019, so now I have to decide if I will use them again.
2024-07-26 (first published: 2018-12-11)
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The Worst Data Breech
A new law in Australia might be a source for the worst data breeches we could have.
2018-12-10
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2018-12-07
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2020-01-28 (first published: 2018-12-06)
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Lax Security is Harmful for Employment
Data breaches do more than harm an organization. There's a human cost.
2018-12-05
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2018-12-04
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Data with Provenance
File systems and document databases are the wild lands of data privacy. Phil Factor explains the value of JSON Schema in adding provenance to your document data.
2018-12-03
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2018-12-03
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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...
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By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
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By Steve Jones
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Forums
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High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
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Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
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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