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Encryption in Colorado Springs – Encrypting in the Application?

Last night was my annual presentation at the Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group. I try to make sure I get down there at least once a year, and it’s been only once a year for the last few years. … Continue reading

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Double Up During Trips

Would you do this? Combine two calls, like an INSERT and then a SELECT, into the same batch sent from a ADO.NET client? It’s a proposal from Visual Studio Magazine to combine code into one batch instead instead of making … Continue reading

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Connection Issues

Recently I was practicing for the keynote talk at the 2014 SQL in the City events. There were three of us in the “Ship Often, Ship Safe” talk, and we’d been practicing remotely. For the most part that meant a Skype call where we … Continue reading

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CI and CD Aren’t Magic

I’ve been studying and talking with lots of developers and DBAs about Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for a few years. Many technical people are excited about the possibilities and look forward to trying to automate their builds, their testing, … Continue reading

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