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Enabling Guest in a Database–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. The guest account exists in all your databases. This is installed by default, and guest is used to map … Continue reading
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Tagged security, SQLNewBlogger, syndicated, T-SQL
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We Do Need To Upgrade
I advocate that we should get a long life from our database platforms. In fact, I like to think about a 7-10 year lifetime for many of my database instances. That means I’ll get beyond the 5 year lifetime that … Continue reading
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Tagged Database Weekly, security, upgrades
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Are You Patched?
It’s been a few weeks since the Spectre/Meltdown bugs were announced for most CPUs. Microsoft has been working hard to build patches, and they’ve provided fixes for Windows and SQL Server. Other manufacturers have released fixes for other platforms, though … Continue reading
The GDPR Sky is Falling
David Poole wrote a nice summary of the GDPR regulations that come into force this spring in Europe. He covers a number of the sections, trying to provide a simple explanation of the potential issues from the perspective of a data … Continue reading
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