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Merge Comments

Merge Comments Today I had a number of comments regarding an SQL merge process. Jason: If you do the update first you have X rows in the table that it has to evaluate to join on. Now when you delete you still have X rows to join on. I believe you said you do the insert after the update so […]

Editorials Encryption/Data Security Townsend Security

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Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 performance counters problems In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have with SQL Server 2008 performance counters. He also tells how you can resolve these problems.SQL Server 2012 Release – Beginning to Understand the Changes SQL Server 2012 brings a while series of changes to the platform, from more crystalized […]

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Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 performance counters problems In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have with SQL Server 2008 performance counters. He also tells how you can resolve these problems.SQL Server 2012 Release – Beginning to Understand the Changes SQL Server 2012 brings a while series of changes to the platform, from more crystalized […]

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Open Software is a Great Resource

Open Software is a Great Resource Many have written in with examples of how Open Source software has been essential to their business solutions. Today, as I close out this topic, I am including comments from David. They pretty much encapsulate the comments as a whole. David Writes: Putting on my developer hat, open source software is a great boon. […]

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Disk Encryption

Disk Encryption Do you need Disk Encryption? Let’s ask a few questions? Do you have a laptop you carry with information you would not like for others to obtain? Do you have complete security on all of your workstations containing protected information? Do you have servers that may be decommissioned without destroying all sensitive information? These are all scenarios we […]

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Disk Encryption

Disk Encryption Do you need Disk Encryption? Let’s ask a few questions? Do you have a laptop you carry with information you would not like for others to obtain? Do you have complete security on all of your workstations containing protected information? Do you have servers that may be decommissioned without destroying all sensitive information? These are all scenarios we […]

Editorials Encryption/Data Security Townsend Security

Accidental DBA Tip

Accidental DBA Tip One of the most important tasks of an Accidental DBA is to assure that access to your database is set correctly. Developers naturally build applications using the least restrictions possible when connecting and manipulating a database so that they can rapidly develop applications. Often they use an account to connect to the database server having administrative privileges. […]

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Accidental DBA Tip

Accidental DBA Tip One of the most important tasks of an Accidental DBA is to assure that access to your database is set correctly. Developers naturally build applications using the least restrictions possible when connecting and manipulating a database so that they can rapidly develop applications. Often they use an account to connect to the database server having administrative privileges. […]