Obfuscation
Test data is critical to being sure your application works, but is production data ok to use in test environments?
2007-12-19
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Editorials
Data Ownership
Who owns the data that we generate ourselves? It's not as easy to answer that as you think.
2007-12-18
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2007-12-17
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Better Licensing
Licensing SQL Server used to be easy and could be again, though it is still better than licensing Oracle.
2007-12-17
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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
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Another Reason to Hate Ads
Malicious code embedded inside advertisements served on the web. What's next?
2007-12-13
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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
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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
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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
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All I Want For Christmas Is ...
What do IT workers want for Christmas? Let us know in this Friday's poll.
2007-12-07
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Blogs
Creating an Empty Repo in GitHub–#SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I saw someone struggling with getting started with a Visual Studio project and Azure...
Product Review: DataVeil
By Brian Kelley
If you’re looking at data masking tools, I recently was able to review the...
The Last Price Bump for the Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
This week the cost of the PASS Data Community Summit jumps up to full...
Forums
Error in SQL Server Management Studio launcher
Guys, good night! I have a situation in my SQL Server Management Studio where...
Just upgraded SSRS from 2016 to 2022
I just upgraded SSRS from 2016 to 2022. This is my first time doing...
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