The Politics of SQL Security

Dealing with SQL Server security when the application it uses is full of security holes.

Database Hardware and Infrastructure Trends

Glen Berry talks through a number of useful new developments in hardware, storage, and the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server ecosystem.

Natively Compiled Stored Procedures: What they are all about

What are natively compiled stored procedures? Why would we want to use them and what are the performance benefits of using them over classic disk-based stored procedures?

What's Your Test Plan?

This week Steve Jones looks at the formal way in which you might verify changes to your system. Do you have a process?

Considerations around validation errors 41305 and 41325 on memory optimized tables with foreign keys

Denzil Ribeiro looks at the validation phase of transaction lifetime.

A Comparison of JDBC Drivers for MySQL

A brief comparison of three different JDBC Drivers built for connecting with MySQL

The Complexity of Branches

Branching code creates complexity to development and should be undertaken with caution.

Comparing Networking Options in Azure

What are your options for connecting to an Azure VM? Sure, a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection will get you started but you'll soon need a full secure VPN connection. Azure can provide three different options for doing this: Point-to-Site (P2S), Site-to-Site (S2S), and ExpressRoute, but what are their relative advantages, and which one is right for the way you need to use Azure?

Byte Me: SOS

Stairway to Database Source Control Level 5: Working with Others (Distributed Repository)

This level starts with an overview of how versioning works in Git, a DVCS, and suggests a sensible database project versioning strategy. It then offers some simple, but illustrative, practical examples showing how to share database changes and deal gracefully with any conflicting changes.