No Backdoors
Governments want backdoors built into encryption software, which Steve thinks is a bad idea.
2024-09-23
116 reads
Security
Microsoft Fabric Warehouse Security: Object-Level, Column-Level and Row-Level
Learn about object-level, column-level, and row-level security in Microsoft Fabric Warehouse and how this can be implemented to limit access to data.
2024-08-28
Prevent SQL Injection
SQL Injection continues to be a problem and Steve has a few thoughts today on how to reduce your vulnerabilities.
2024-08-14
235 reads
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
I remember going to the theater over the Thanksgiving holiday in 1987 and seeing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy. My family didn’t often take in the holiday weekend movie releases, but Steve was a family favorite actor already, and friends had given it a good review. Having watched it just […]
2024-07-20
181 reads
Least Privilege
Steve wonders how well most organizations and their staff adhere to the principle of least privilege.
2024-07-15
189 reads
Protecting Schools
Schools often lack resources and struggle to protect themselves. An interview shows one district doing well, with some lessons for those of us in other organizations.
2024-07-06
70 reads
SQL Injection Is Not Acceptable
An alert from the US government says that SQL Injection isn't an acceptable problem.
2024-06-19
320 reads
2024-03-02
65 reads
Using AI for Security
Steve thinks AI might have a place in security, something Microsoft is investigating now.
2024-03-01
130 reads
Ransomware vs. AI
Microsoft is using AI to try and protect against ransomware, which is probably a good use of the technology.
2024-02-07
164 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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