Row Level Security Part 3 – Disabling Row Level Security for DBAs and Database Owners
In the third part of his series on Row Level Security (RLS), Greg Larson shows how to disable RLS for database administrators, sysadmins, and database owners.
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.
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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