Learn about how ownership chaining allows you to limit permissions on specific database objects yet give users access through other objects such as views and stored procedures.
2020-10-01
Sometimes there is a need to find if a string value exists in any column in your table. This script will help you find all occurrences in all columns in the table.
2020-09-25
Wanted to share this script to the community just in case anyone out there may be search for a way to allow a hosted customer the ability to query certain DMVs for information without granting them View Server State. There are some other options out there, but this worked better for me after going through […]
2020-09-24
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When you run a query, how does SQL Server estimate the number of rows? I’ll explain in this half-hour video demo using playing cards, then showing the same issues in SQL Server Management Studio.
2020-09-22
In this article we look at how to send Slack notifications when certain events occur in a SQL Server database.
2020-09-18
Every once in awhile a table gets created without a primary key and duplicate records get entered. The problem gets even worse when you have two identical rows in the table and there is no way to distinguish between the two rows. So how do you delete the duplicate record?
2020-09-11
In this article we look at two methods of using Azure Blueprints to deploy Azure SQL Server and Database with Key Vault Secrets.
2020-09-08
In this article we look at how to use PowerShell to transfer data from SQL Server to MySQL.
2020-09-04
PostgreSQL is a free database management system (DBMS). PostgreSQL 11 is the new version of this DBMS. We will take a look at how to install PostgreSQL 11 on Windows. This article covers where to download PostgreSQL 11, how the installation process looks like, and how to connect to the PostgreSQL server. Step-by-Step Installation on Windows […]
2020-09-03
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In this article we look at different ways to determine if one SQL Server database object is dependent on another database object.
2020-09-03
By Steve Jones
Recently I was working in VS Code and I saw a walkthrough for the...
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In today’s digital landscape, data is both a strategic asset and a potential liability....
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ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers