Tag Archives: sql server

The End of Support

Posted on July 17, 2018 by way0utwest

With the accelerating pace of development and more frequent releases, we are seeing a bunching up of SQL Server support milestones. From 2008 through 2016, we had a new version every two years. Last year we saw another version, which … Continue reading →

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String or binary data would be truncated

Posted on June 28, 2018 by way0utwest

Microsoft, please fix this. This issue is still out there, and once again, it’s the top voted on item for SQL Server. Everytime I see this: Msg 8152, Level 16, State 13, Line 1 String or binary data would be truncated. I’m … Continue reading →

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How Far Back?

Posted on May 30, 2018 by way0utwest

At the Redgate SQL Privacy Summit recently, there was panel I hosted that I thought was really interesting. At one point someone asked a question and there was a bit of a discussion about the right to forget in the … Continue reading →

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Update Oddness for SQL Server

Posted on May 22, 2018 by way0utwest

I’ve been meaning to patch some of my development instances. With a little spare time while doing other work, I started the process the other day. My first step was to patch SQL Server 2016 with SP2. This went as … Continue reading →

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