Grant Fritchey explains what's involved in masking a SQL Server database. It can seem a daunting task, but it all becomes a lot more logical if you start from a plan, based on agreed data classifications, and then use a tool like Data Masker to implement the masking, and track progress.
2020-06-10
Introduction Microsoft released SQL Server on Linux, starting from SQL Server 2017. SQL Server 2019 (15.x) has the same underlying database engine on all supported platforms, including Linux. Therefore, many existing features and capabilities operate the same way on Linux. Platform File System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, or 8 Server XFS […]
2020-06-01
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What is the easiest way to move SQL Server system databases. Let me walk you through it!
2020-05-25
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There are a number of ways to generate key values in SQL Server tables including the IDENTITY column property, the NEWID() function and more recently, SEQUENCES. The IDENTITY column property is the earliest of these methods. It was introduced very early in the history of SQL Server and it is arguably the simplest approach. Though old, IDENTITY is still maintained in modern versions of SQL Server and is still relevant for simple use cases.
2020-05-21
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This script can install Service pack, security patch and Cumulative update on SQL instance(Database Engine).
2020-05-26 (first published: 2020-05-19)
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Carlos Robles explains how to use Azure Data Studio Notebooks to create SQL containers with Python.
2020-03-24
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Learn how to format your SQL Server results in Excel using conditional formatting to quickly identify patterns and issues.
2020-03-10
In this article you will learn how to use BCP for SQL Server on Linux to export and import data using the BCP command line utility.
2020-01-30
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Learn how to correctly fix your SSISDB without using Trustworthy.
2020-01-28
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Learn how to configure SQL Server and Windows to allow others to connect to an instance remotely.
2020-01-06
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In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
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Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers