Code Supply Chain Security
Building software is becoming harder as new attacks try to inject malicious code into products.
2022-10-12
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Editorials
Things I've Learned About the Cloud
Steve shares a few things he's learned from customers trying to migrate their systems to cloud computing platforms.
2022-10-10
236 reads
Learning New Technology Is Challenging
On nights and weekends, I've been playing with Arduino controllers. I have a couple of projects I'm working through (building a robot that can roll around with "eyes" to avoid obstacles). I've also been trying to work with STM32 controllers, because in a lot of ways, they're more powerful than an Arduino. However, I've hit […]
2022-10-08
156 reads
Assembling Your Own Toolbox
Building a toolbox of useful scripts and code is important for any technology professional.
2022-10-07
269 reads
The Value of Seniority
Some people might seem like they are from the future, but their experience is just shining through.
2022-10-05
172 reads
The Growth of IQP
Steve talks about some of the Intelligent Query Processing improvements in SQL Server 2022.
2022-10-03
259 reads
How Important is Software?
The user experience from our software is important. Maybe more than many developers realize.
2022-10-01
61 reads
Cloud Databases
There are advantages of cloud databases when your workload requirements grow. Steve thinks it's useful to learn a bit about the options out there.
2022-09-30
544 reads
The Right Connection
Making a connection to the wrong database had disastrous results for Travis-CI.
2022-09-28 (first published: 2018-04-19)
233 reads
2022-09-26 (first published: 2018-03-16)
362 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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