Monthly Archives: May 2018

Intrinsic or Extrinsic

Posted on May 4, 2018 by way0utwest

I was listening to an interview recently that talked about life and why many of us do what we do. It was a piece that also discussed some of the problems with modern US society and some of the potential … Continue reading →

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Moving Birthdays with Data Masker

Posted on May 4, 2018 by way0utwest

Data Masker for SQL Server is a fantastic product, and one that can reduce your attack surface area and exposure under the GDPR or any other regulation. There are plenty or rules and templates to help you anonymize data, in … Continue reading →

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Reasons to Upgrade

Posted on May 3, 2018 by way0utwest

I ran across a good article from Glenn Berry about reasons to upgrade to SQL Server 2017. In the piece, Glenn talks about the fact that SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 will fall out of Extended Support in 2019. That’s … Continue reading →

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Defining FKs in CREATE TABLE–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on May 3, 2018 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. One of the important things that a database developer can do is to define Foreign Keys (FK) at table … Continue reading →

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