Back To Basics: Stored Procedures, the work horse of the database
Stored procedures are extremely useful objects. Not only do they store T/SQL scripts for later execution, but they also provide us with an extremely important security barrier between the user...
View ArticleMy Experience with putting a CRL Procedure into SQL
A little while ago I came upon a situation where I needed to put a CRL procedure into SQL Server 2005. Now I’ve been using SQL Server 2005 since the day it went RTM, and this is the first occasion...
View ArticleEncrypting data in the same column
I wrote a little while ago about the fact that sensitive data needs to be encrypted within the database for all applications. This is the first technique that is available to you to encrypt data in a...
View ArticleError Handeling and DBCC CHECKDB
A client that I’ve been working at for a while needed to start doing DBCC CHECKDBs on their production server. We hadn’t been for a little while due to maintenance window constraints on their old...
View ArticleLearn Before You Plan
Walking into a new shop every couple of weeks has its challenges. What sort of problems are they going to throw at me. Recently I had the perfect example of learning more about the data before you...
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