A Few Best Practices for Strong SQL Server Security
Explore key strategies for securing SQL databases in this comprehensive guide. Learn about robust authentication, data encryption, SQL injection prevention, and more, with practical code examples. Enhance your database's security and performance by following tips from this article.
Live webinar: How to excel at managing multiple database platforms
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Using AI for Security
Steve thinks AI might have a place in security, something Microsoft is investigating now.
Moving Dynamic Data Masked Data to New Locations - Step 5 of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking
In this level of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking we examine how masking affects data movement.
The Art of the Code Review
Code reviews are a good way to not only improve your quality, but also raise the skill level of your staff.
“As DBAs, should we be worried about our jobs because of AI?” and other burning questions
We recently launched the State of the Database Landscape 2024 survey results, with information from almost 4,000 database professionals from around the globe. A clear picture emerged from the results, suggesting that 2024 is the year that skill diversification among database professionals is imperative.
SQL Server Clustered Index Seek Operation Generates Poor Query Performance
In this article, we look at why a SQL Server clustered index seek operation might not always be the most optimized approach for executing a query.
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
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A Daily Report from Claude
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Redgate had some Claude training recently, which I went through as my knowledge has...
A New Word: Gnossienne
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gnossienne– n. the awareness that someone you’ve known for years still has a private...
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Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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