Monthly Archives: January 2015

Testing

Posted on January 8, 2015 by way0utwest

It seems that software always contains bugs. No matter how much time and effort is spent building an application, there will be issues. Sometimes this is because of a lack of testing, and sometimes this is because of poor testing, … Continue reading →

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Two Days Off

Posted on January 8, 2015 by way0utwest

I almost couldn’t believe this when I saw the article. The Verizon Cloud is shutting down for 48 hours. Apparently they have maintenance scheduled for this weekend and notified their customers that their virtual machines will be shut down early Saturday … Continue reading →

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Building Rollback Scripts with SQL Compare

Posted on January 7, 2015 by way0utwest

SQL Compare is a core product from Redgate and I’ve got a series on some of the interesting things I’ve found. Download a trial today if you haven’t tried it. There’s a neat switch in SQL Compare that lets you … Continue reading →

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Test Your Situation

Posted on January 7, 2015 by way0utwest

I gave a talk on Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) recently and a number of people in the audience were using the feature. However when I asked how many of them had restored a TDE database, not all hands remained up. … Continue reading →

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