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SQL SERVER – Introduction to SQL Server Encryption and Symmetric Key Encryption Tutorial with Script

SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008 provide encryption as a new feature to protect data against hackers’ attacks. Hackers might be able to penetrate the database or tables, but owing to encryption they would not be able to understand the data or make use of it. Nowadays, it has become imperative to encrypt crucial security-related data while storing in the database as well as during transmission across a network between the client and the server.

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SQL SERVER – List All the Tables for All Databases Using System Tables

Today we will go over very simple script which will list all the tables for all the database. sp_msforeachdb 'select "?" AS db, * from [?].sys.tables' Update: Based on comments received below I have updated this article. Thank you to all the readers. This is good example where something small like this have good participation from…
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SQLAuthority News – Gandhinagar SQL Server User Group Meeting April 24, 2009

Gandhinagar SQL Server User Group launch event was held on March 27, 2009. This successful, well-attended event received very positive and warm community response. Visit Gandhinagar SQL Server User Group Portal and register yourself now! We are going to meet again this month on April 24, 2009 Friday from 6:30PM…
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SQL SERVER – FIX : Error: 18486 Login failed for user ‘sa’ because the account is currently locked out. The system administrator can unlock it. – Unlock SA Login

Today, we will riffle through a very simple, yet common issue – How to unlock a locked “sa” login? It is quite a common practice that SQL Server is hosted on a separate server than application server. In most cases, SQL Server ports or IP are exposed to the web,…
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SQL SERVER – Difference Between SQL Server Compact Edition (CE) and SQL Server Express Edition

I often received question regarding what are difference between SQL Server Compact Edition (CE) and SQL Server Express Edition. In one line – SQL Server CE is for mobile application and embaded systems where as SQL Server Express Edition is limited feature light version of SQL Server Standard. SQL Server…
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