The Tech Blame Game
There has been a trend to blame a single IT person, or a small group, for issues in large enterprises. Nowhere else in the corporate world would one person be blamed for a major failure.
2021-06-07
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Security
SQL Server security – Providing a security model using user-defined roles
Greg Larsen continues his series and shows how user-defined roles roles can control SQL Server security.
2021-05-24
2021-05-19
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Ransomware May Get Worse
Criminal groups using ransomware are working together, which is bad news for all organizations.
2021-04-29
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Changing Edge Security
Security is changing, and the "edge" of where we need to protect data is changing as well.
2021-04-21
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2021-04-20
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2021-04-10
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Using Kerberos Configuration Manager for SPNs Validation
Learn how to manage and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication for SQL Server using the Kerberos Configuration Manager.
2021-03-30
Removing SA from Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is getting the ability to turn off SQL authentication.
2021-04-06 (first published: 2021-03-23)
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Encrypt and Decrypt Passwords in SQL Server with PowerShell
In this article we look at how to securely store data in text files that could be used for SQL Server authentication or wherever you need to keep data secure.
2021-03-17
Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
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Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
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Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers