The Internals of WITH ENCRYPTION
Paul White discusses the internals of SQL Server's WITH ENCRYPTION clause, and explains why it is not as safe as you might think.
The PoSh DBA: Accessing SQL Server from PowerShell
The worst part for a DBA of getting started with PowerShell is often just figuring out the best way of working with SQL Server. The most suitable approach to accessing SQL Server depends on the sort of task you need to produce a script for. Laerte Junior aims at a simple guide to the most common approaches and when to use them.
The Penalty for a Data Breach
One of the things that will be debated quite a bit in the next few years will be the penalties for data loss.
Using IronPython to talk to SQL Server
IronPython is a Python implementation build on .NET. This article shows how you can use IronPython to access SQL Server Management Objects.
PowerShell Desired State Configuration: Pull Mode
Automated configuration management is simpler with Desired State Configuration (DSC) and Push mode, but what is the best way to use DSC to automate deployments on your machines? ‘Push’ mode or ‘Pull’ mode? How can you reduce configuration-drift over time? Nicolas Prigent describes the second DSC deployment mode: Pull mode.
Using APPLY to make your queries DRYer
Using the APPLY operator to reduce repetition and make queries DRYer.
In-Memory OLTP - Row Structure and Indexes
There are several decisions to be made when designing indexes for Memory-optimized tables in In-Memory OLTP, and to make the best choice, it pays to understand something about the nature and usage of memory-optimised indexes. Murilo Miranda continues his series by explaining how such an index is unlike a conventional index.
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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('tim', 'tom')
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