Lawsuits and Data Breaches
Steve Jones notes that a data breach resulted in a lawsuit. How long before that's a common practice, and should we be preparing as data professionals.
2014-02-25
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Editorial
Auditing Matters
We might not be able to stop hacks, attacks, or issues with our databases, but knowing that they've occurred is important. Steve Jones notes that we might need auditing more than security.
2014-02-24
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2014-02-24
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The SQLCLR Impact
Has the SQLCLR system impacted your SQL Server environment? Steve Jones wants to know if it has or has not today.
2014-02-21
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The Remote Balance
Telecommuting and remote work are growing in many fields, but especially technology. However the practice needs to be balanced with the notion that you still have a life outside of work.
2017-10-20 (first published: 2014-02-20)
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2014-02-19
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The Security of Interconnected Systems
We are interconnecting more and more computer systems and applications all the time. Security becomes a problem when one of these systems hasn't been properly configured, secured, or coded. Steve Jones notes this is becoming a real problem.
2014-02-18
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2014-02-17
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VMs for Development
Many technical people use Virtual Machines to build their own lab or test environment. Today Steve Jones asks how you've built your setup.
2017-12-22 (first published: 2014-02-14)
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What is Continuous Integration for Databases?
What is continuous integration for databases? Steve Jones gives a short explanation and information on why you might care about this.
2014-02-13
435 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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