The Case for Upgrading
When is it worth upgrading your SQL Server? It's a question Steve Jones explores today.
Understand the Limitations of SQL Server Dynamic Data Masking
Dynamic data masking provides a simple way to implement obfuscation of private data. However it's important to understand the limitations, and to keep in mind that it is not true encryption and that the data cannot be protected in all scenarios. Aaron Bertrand explains.
Creating Dashboards for Mobile Devices with Datazen – Part 3
With the recent acquisition of Datazen by Microsoft, if you have SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition or later with Software Assurance, you can download and use Datazen to create visually appealing dashboards for mobile devices across all the major platforms at no additional cost. In this article, Arshad Ali demonstrates creating data source, data views and then creating dashboards using them with Datazen Publisher.
Software Estimates
It seems the software industry doesn't do a good job of planning and estimating software development efforts.
Free Workshop: Microsoft Data Platform Modernisation - London, Sep 24
Are you an ISV and/or commercial software developer using SQL Server? Are you considering how to upgrade your application to take advantage of new SQL Server 2014 and would like to know more about how Microsoft can help your migration and sales/marketing efforts? Register using this invitation key 9ABED3
Selective Updates with ASP.NET SignalR
Many developers get the misleading perception that ASP.NET SignalR merely helps to build a chat application or provides live updates of news, stock and score tickers. In reality, ASP.NET SignalR has a broader scope. In this article, Dino Esposito covers a few techniques to make selective SignalR updates to pages behind an ASP.NET authentication layer.
Email Formatted HTML Table with T-SQL
Create a professional looking HTML table from T-SQL, not SSRS.
No More Foreign Keys?
Does it make sense to avoid FKs for use other architectures in software development? Steve Jones isn't sure a a general rule this is the case.
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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