Will GDPR cause a “Database Run”?
What is GDPR, everyone’s (current) favorite acronym? It stands for “General Data Protection Regulation” and is an act / law / set...
2018-02-05 (first published: 2018-01-23)
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What is GDPR, everyone’s (current) favorite acronym? It stands for “General Data Protection Regulation” and is an act / law / set...
2018-02-05 (first published: 2018-01-23)
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The other day I ran into an odd problem trying to answer the following question on DBA.StackExchange:
How to filter out...
2018-02-01 (first published: 2018-01-22)
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SQL Server stores the full definition of certain T-SQL objects — Stored Procedures, Functions, Views, and Triggers — in their original form,...
2018-01-09
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(If you’re reading this on SQL Server Central, please click here to see the “Featured Image” which will help explain...
2018-01-04 (first published: 2017-12-08)
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(last updated: 2018-03-27)
Despite features added in SQL Server 2005 (yes, 2005!) that allow for very flexible, granular, and robust security,...
2017-12-30
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(If you’re reading this on SQL Server Central, please click here to see the “Featured Image” which will help explain...
2017-12-28 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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For thousands of years theologians have offered various thoughts on the question of what happens when we die. Does some...
2017-11-30 (first published: 2017-11-20)
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Some (or maybe most?) languages and operating system command shells allow for breaking up long lines into multiple lines (i.e....
2017-11-08 (first published: 2017-10-27)
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As I was testing whether or not the new “Variation Selector Sensitive” ( _VSS ) Collations in SQL Server 2017 would assist...
2017-10-31 (first published: 2017-10-16)
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“Trusted Assemblies”, a new feature starting in SQL Server 2017, is a means of whitelisting Assemblies that one feels pose...
2017-10-09 (first published: 2017-09-29)
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This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all...
By Steve Jones
Recently a customer asked if SQL Compare and SQL Data Compare can be used...
i see this in the definition of a linked server on our wh sql...
Is this even possible ? Tried with grant but to no avail. [sys].[database_role_members] and...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Snowflake Level 5...
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers