Free SQL Server 2000 Encryption for your data!!! Author Michael Coles has put together a tolljit and some XPs that you can use to encrypt your data with the Blowfish algorithm. It is hard to write good applications that encrpyt data and manage the keys and security. This will give you a great headstart on protecting your data.
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Check out this stored procedure sp_rows to get a listing of space used and rows counts for your SQL Server database tables.
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For this post I will show you how to bulk insert multiple files in a folder to a SQL Server database, regardless the file name or extension, this with the help of the ForEach Loop Container.
When a database grows to the MAXSIZE the database will not grow anymore and if someone tries to add more rows they will get an error saying the database is full. Greg Larsen shows you how to find all database files that have their max_size set.
Automating population of SQL Server data into Word and PDF document templates for contracts, invoices,letters etc. creation saves thousands of hours for businesses. This article explores various approaches and offers few suggestions on how to choose the best approach for your requirements.
Steve has a troubleshooting experience that reminds him of a lesson he should have learned.
Performance is a common reason to monitor SQL Server. The work day of a database administrator is often interrupted with unexpected calls about slowness in applications or reports. But, how does the performance today compare to the performance last week or last month? Can the root cause of the issue be traced to the database […]
Power BI Desktop is typically used to create reports that will eventually be published to Power BI Services where dashboards can be built. Robert Sheldon demonstrates how to publish reports from Power BI Desktop to the Power BI Service. Once published, the visualizations can be filtered, drilled into, or pinned to a dashboard.
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