Security Leaks from Websites
No matter what we do to secure our databases, we need to be sure our applications are well written, both with secure coding, but also good information handling.
2016-08-23
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Editorials
Is Rollback Feasible for Database Changes?
Many of us would like to be sure we could rollback changes made during a deployment if they caused issues. Steve Jones notes that it might not be worth actually building those scripts in advance.
2016-08-22
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2016-08-22
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What's Your Smoke Test?
A smoke test can be a good way to ensure complex systems are working as expected after maintenance or changes.
2016-08-19
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Designing for the Public
The way that governments build software and work with data must change if we want to be more efficient.
2016-08-18
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2016-08-16
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Point-in-time data
Phil Factor explains why data detached from its temporal context often loses all meaning.
2016-08-15
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2016-08-15
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A Visit to Microsoft and SQL Server 2016
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren as Steve is on vacation. Andy talks about a trip to Microsoft for the SQL Server 2016 launch.
2016-08-12
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An object lesson about what is really important
A story I heard a long time ago reminds us to choose what is really important.
2016-08-11
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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...
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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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