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Sep22

SQL SERVER – Security Considerations for Contained Databases

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Server, SQL Server Security

I have written a number of blogs around contained databases in the past which you can search. In today’s blog we will talk about security considerations when working with contained databases. With contained authentication, the database can contain authentication information for the database users. This makes it considerably easier to move databases between servers. Some of the other blogs for reference are:

Sep20

Interview Question of the Week #037 – What are the Properties of Relational Tables?

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Interview Questions and Answers, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

The other day in the interview, I heard this question and it sent me back to my college days as I used to hear similar questions from my professors. Here is the same question again and its answer. Question: What are the properties of the relational tables? Answers: Relational tables have…

Sep19

SQL SERVER – Edition Upgrade from Evaluation to Enterprise Core – AlwaysOn Warning!

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

AlwaysOn

While preparing for a demo about SQL migration, one of the demo was to show the steps needed to upgrade Evaluation edition to full version of SQL Server. The steps are pretty simple and already blogged at many place on the internet. One of my own blog also shows that:…

Sep18

SQL SERVER – FIX – Replication Error: SQL Server replication requires the actual server name to make a connection to the server

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Error Messages

Replication as a topic is quite old and proven technology. After I saw the introduction of SQL Server AlwaysOn from SQL Server 2012, I hardly see folks talking about replication. For me replication will always be a technology which allows for partial (selected tables/articles) synchronization technology, which a lot of…

Sep17

SQL SERVER – Notes about scheduler with Operating Systems

Pinal Dave

SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks

No Comments

Last week I visited my hometown and also made a trip to my college to relive some of my learning days. I bumped into one of my professors who was going for a class. I requested to attend and wanted to contribute. The discussion then moved to a core topic…

Sep16

SQL SERVER 2016: Updating Non-Clustered ColumnStore Index Enhancement

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Sometimes our learnings are questioned and it is important to visit some of my prior blogs to validate the content. This blog is initiated because one of my blog readers who was playing with columnstore index did a lookup to my blog – Updating Data in A Columnstore Index and…

Sep15

SQL SERVER – Database Source Control with ApexSQL Software

This article covers the main features of ApexSQL tools that are involved with SQL source control. For the purpose of the article, we will use ApexSQL Source Control, ApexSQL Diff and ApexSQL Build.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

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