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  • Reply To: Column encryption

    You state that 300 stored procedures access that sensitive data.  This seems like a great opportunity to review whether those stored procedures should access it.  In some cases the answer...

  • RE: Term Extraction Tokens

    I had not seen this transformation before, but happen to be taking a course with an element of natural language processing right now. There are actually 6 tokens here....

  • RE: Are We Engineers?

    Manic Star (12/10/2015)


    We're janitors.

    We clean up the place, take out the trash and keep the mechanism humming along with regular maintenance that no one sees, appreciates or cares about...

  • RE: Are you a Data Scientist?

    I like Alan's definition of Data Scientist, although I would offer that the post graduate degree might be overkill.

  • RE: Drop a temporal table

    Koen Verbeeck (7/16/2015)


    Shameless plug: after posting this QotD, I took the time to write a blog post about it:

    How to drop a temporal table[/url].

    Shameless response: that was how I obtained...

  • RE: Error handling

    I think that the explanation should be expanded to include what exactly error code 220 means.

    Error Code 220 is an arithmetic overflow error.

  • RE: IN or OR

    I learned something new today. However, I don't think I will ever be using the second option because I don't think most people would understand that it works exactly...

  • RE: Database and its Objects Naming Standards

    I will agree that it is a personal preference and completely meaningless unless enforced.

    Also, my personal preference is No_Underscores!!

  • RE: SQL Jobs

    crmitchell (2/11/2014)


    Why don't you just create two jobs?

    +1, keep it simple.

  • RE: The Geek Christmas Poll

    nickd-799913 (12/13/2013)


    I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!

    You'll shoot your eye out!

  • RE: The Geek Christmas Poll

    I would ask for time away from all of the gadgets and noise. I am going to spend some time with my wife, some time in solitude ice fishing...

  • RE: SQLServerCentral apologizes and you can win a book

    Unfortunately, any forum that alllows community posts is going to run into plagarism. Nobody reviewing the incoming posts is going to be familiar with every other published article on...

  • RE: Minimum Number of VLFs

    Koen Verbeeck (11/26/2013)


    VLF stands for Virtual Log File and the transaction log file is made up of one or more virtual log files.

    Damn you Brent Ozar!

    Ditto. I had no...

  • RE: If we can do it, so can you

    If you do your development in an environment where you own the hardware, software and infrastructure, are you really doing your development "in the cloud"? That used to be...

  • RE: CASE vagaries

    Look at it from the positive side - at least the official correct answer was still the "least incorrect" option.

    Yep, that's why I chose it. When in doubt choose...

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