Obfuscation
Test data is critical to being sure your application works, but is production data ok to use in test environments?
2007-12-19
528 reads
Editorial
Data Ownership
Who owns the data that we generate ourselves? It's not as easy to answer that as you think.
2007-12-18
61 reads
Better Licensing
Licensing SQL Server used to be easy and could be again, though it is still better than licensing Oracle.
2007-12-17
253 reads
2007-12-17
156 reads
What Would You Do?
If someone acts suspicious at work, do you report them? What if it's the CIO? What if data security is involved?
2007-12-14
104 reads
Another Reason to Hate Ads
Malicious code embedded inside advertisements served on the web. What's next?
2007-12-13
73 reads
The Downside of Real Time
Everyone wants real time reporting, or do they? Steve Jones talks about some of the downsides of implementing such a system.
2007-12-12
136 reads
Do We Need a PK?
A primary key is a must for every table. Or is it? Steve Jones examines the question.
2007-12-11
482 reads
Software Teams
Building a team when you are developing software of any size is important and Steve Jones shares one of the most important things you need.
2012-10-31 (first published: 2007-12-10)
187 reads
Hipp, Hipp, Hooray
In an age where commercial interests seem to trump all, it's nice to see someone delivering content out there for free.
2007-12-10
139 reads
Blogs
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
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
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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