Tag Archives: sql server

We Need to Learn Encryption

Posted on June 13, 2012 by way0utwest

More than learning encryption, we need to demand better encryption tools inside SQL Server. After reading about the issues from the STUXNET worm, it makes me worried that we will see more disruptive attacks, not just from hackers and criminals, but … Continue reading →

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SQL Saturday #132 Files

Posted on June 12, 2012 by way0utwest

Uploaded here if you need them. These are the PPT deck and the code. UnstructuredData.zip EncryptionPrimer.zip

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The Danger of Custom Software

Posted on June 12, 2012 by way0utwest

There’s been a great little movie short making the rounds of the Internet from Pixar. It’s called “The Movie Vanishes” and it’s worth a few minutes of your time. Toy Story 2 was almost lost because of a mistake and … Continue reading →

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Contained Databases – Preventing Collation Conflicts

Posted on June 7, 2012 by way0utwest

One of the demos from my Contained Databases talk looks at the issues you can have when your database collation does not match your server collation. I’ll walk through the issue here. I’ll show the issue, and then the fix … Continue reading →

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