An AI Loophole
We can't always explain how AI systems work. Steve Jones wonders if this is a loophole in the GDPR legislation.
Performance Comparison Between SQL Server 2014 and 2016
This article outlines the performance innovations in SQL Server 2016 for Columnstore Index and BatchMode Execution.
Degree of Duplication
Technology is constantly moving forward, but it is also helpful to understand how we arrived where we are today. Joe Celko reminisces about the history of database design and how it relates to the concept of ‘Degree of Duplication’ in this article.
Brush Up on Your ETL Skills
The need for data imports, exports, and transformations seems to be growing.
SQL Server Reporting Services 2017 Tutorial
SQL Server Reporting Services has been the go to reporting solution for SQL Server for almost a decade now. In many organizations, the ease of development, web front end and security make SSRS the tool of choice.
Solve Sudoku with T-SQL - Part 1
A Sudoku solution can be resolved using a single select statement. The first article shows this method and next how this can be optimised to resolve complex puzzles in seconds.
How to Move a TDE Encryption Key to Another SQL Server Instance
If you have a database backup of a Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) enabled database, the database backup will contain encrypted data. Because the database backup contains encrypted data you can’t just restore it to any instance. You can only restore the database backup to an instance that contains the same certificate used to originally encrypt the database.
Building Culture
The origins of PASS have shaped its culture for years. Are you doing the same in your organization?
Implementing John Conway's Game of Life in Microsoft SQL Server
A fun exercise, using CTEs to implement John Conway's Game of Life cellular automata simulation
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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